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The South African National Budget: What Mattered Then, What Matters Now
South Africa’s national budget has always been more than just figures—it is a reflection of the country’s economic realities, policy...

Mbali Shamu
Mar 4
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Unlocking Opportunities: Navigating Entrepreneurship in South Africa
Whilst South Africa boasts established infrastructure development, accessibility is not uniform across all the economic classes.

Bradley N Magumura
Apr 9, 2024
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On Inequality: Should the government increase income redistribution?
Lack of access to key productive assets, such as skills and land, slows progress towards a more equitable income distribution.

Stephen Karombe
Nov 1, 2023
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South Africa's Water Crisis - Is there a way out?
The cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal is a symptom of the looming water crisis in South Africa. Is there a way out of this crisis?

Panashe Gabrielle Taruvinga (Maningi)
Jun 1, 2023
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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.

Lebo Siboyi
Jun 2, 2022
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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.

Bradley N Magumura
Apr 20, 2022
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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...

Papama Meleni
Apr 12, 2022
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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...

Bradley N Magumura
Mar 15, 2022
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Weekly Shots
1. SA Unemployment Crisis
2. Country Risk & SA's Judicial System
3. Didi To Delist From NYSE
4. The Fed vs. US Stock Markets
Staff Writer
Dec 3, 2021
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Weekly Shots!
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...
Staff Writer
Nov 19, 2021
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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...
Staff Writer
Nov 5, 2021
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Vote. LGE2021
Local governance is where social and economic development meet. Local municipalities are where the citizens are, it is where they...
The Founders Edition
Oct 29, 2021
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Weekly Shots
The Real Interest Rate in SA hits the Negative Mark Image by Andre Taisin- Unsplash The previous week saw the South African Reserve Bank...
Staff Writer
Oct 8, 2021
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Weekly Shots: Zimbabwe, China, South Africa & Global Oil Prices
This week we look at developments in Zimbabwe, China, South Africa and Global Oil Prices.
Staff Writer
Oct 1, 2021
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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.
Staff Writer
Sep 10, 2021
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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
Staff Writer
Sep 3, 2021
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Should the SARB target employment instead of inflation?
...should the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) revise its mandate and target employment instead of inflation?

Lebo Siboyi
Aug 23, 2021
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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...

Mbali Shamu
Aug 3, 2021
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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...

Panashe Gabrielle Taruvinga (Maningi)
Jul 19, 2021
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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,...

Mbali Shamu
Jun 1, 2021
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