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Repo Rate Increased to 3.75% This week the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points...

A Chance At Ending World Hunger? In last week’s events, Elon Musk was named the richest man ever recorded in history by Forbes and...

Local governance is where social and economic development meet. Local municipalities are where the citizens are, it is where they...

In this week's review we look at tightening monetary policy in the US, China's trade policies, tech news and the situation in Beitbridge.

It is important that we have both objective and subjective measures of development as they provide a clearer picture of the stability of...

1. The National Minimum Wage debate in SA 2. Global recovery, as it stands… and falls. 3. Global Power Crisis and Worldwide Inflation

The Real Interest Rate in SA hits the Negative Mark Image by Andre Taisin- Unsplash The previous week saw the South African Reserve Bank...

This week we look at developments in Zimbabwe, China, South Africa and Global Oil Prices.

Following a whistleblower’s report that alleged manipulation of data, an investigation was started in 2020.

1. Shell's sale of assets in Nigeria 2. Demonstrations against Bitcoin in El Salvador 3. Evergrande 4. High dependency on grants in SA

In this week's review we look at economic and financial developments in Guinea, UK, South Africa and El Salvador.

In this week's review we look at global economic and finance developments in China, South Africa, U.S and Africa

Higher liquidity without policy change may provide a short-term solution, but it is unclear whether this will be able to provide countries..

Shoprite-Massmart Merger, the annual Jackson Hole Symposium, SA's revised GDP, the G20 CwA Summit and Old Mutual Zimbabwe Solar Investment.

...should the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) revise its mandate and target employment instead of inflation?

This week we look at economic developments in Afghanistan, Zambia and South Africa.

(Disclaimer: This is the second of a series relating to Globalization, its effect on the African Continent and Possible Directions the...

It takes a single matchstick to set ablaze an entire field. After the passionate encounter with the warm flames comes the reality of...

We saw tension in South Africa the past weeks with protests and looting taking place in two economic powerhouses of the country as...

The interaction between labour, firms, and the government is one of the most important and most fascinating to observe in Economics,...