Eskom is Currently the Biggest Threat to South Africa’s Economic Recovery
Constant loadshedding and tariff hikes by Eskom have elevated running costs for businesses and reduced productivity and profitability.
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Does Game Theory Hold the Answers to South Africa’s Economic Problems?
A united and focused public can completely change the rules of the game.
Financialization: A solution to South Africa’s Economic crisis?
Domestic capital formation should be robust in South Africa, as it represents a percentage of savings and investment that will be re-inve...
The Urban Poverty Phenomenon
Urban poverty can be attributed to several factors including high and persistent levels of inequality, high levels of urbanization and hi...
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1. SA Unemployment Crisis 2. Country Risk & SA's Judicial System 3. Didi To Delist From NYSE 4. The Fed vs. US Stock Markets
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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...
Weekly Shots: World Hunger, Speculation & Inflation, Oil Price Shocks
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...
Vote. LGE2021
Local governance is where social and economic development meet. Local municipalities are where the citizens are, it is where they...
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The Real Interest Rate in SA hits the Negative Mark Image by Andre Taisin- Unsplash The previous week saw the South African Reserve Bank...
Weekly Shots: Zimbabwe, China, South Africa & Global Oil Prices
This week we look at developments in Zimbabwe, China, South Africa and Global Oil Prices.
Weekly Shots: Guinea Coup, Skills Shortage in the UK, Inflation Targeting in SA, Bitcoin
In this week's review we look at economic and financial developments in Guinea, UK, South Africa and El Salvador.
Weekly Shots: China's Policies, Financial Inclusion in South Africa, U.S GDP, Africa's Commodities
In this week's review we look at global economic and finance developments in China, South Africa, U.S and Africa
Should the SARB target employment instead of inflation?
...should the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) revise its mandate and target employment instead of inflation?
Wood, Fire and the Ashes- The Recent Insurrection.
It takes a single matchstick to set ablaze an entire field. After the passionate encounter with the warm flames comes the reality of...
Is South Africa Using Militant Solutions to Address a Socio-Economic Problem?
We saw tension in South Africa the past weeks with protests and looting taking place in two economic powerhouses of the country as...
Game Theory in South Africa's Labour Market
The interaction between labour, firms, and the government is one of the most important and most fascinating to observe in Economics,...
Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Africa and the Impact of COVID-19
South Africa has been progressive in terms of openness to trade, developing a sophisticated financial market and privatising entities. These
South Africa's Unemployment Statistics. Are we asking the right questions?
On the 23rd of February 2021, StatsSA released the Q4 2020 estimates of the unemployment rate. The statistics are announced in the...
SONA 2021: It's Time to Implement
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 11th of February 2021 which my colleague coined the State of...
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