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South Africa faces the conundrum of widening income disparities even in times of rising growth.

The departure of South Africa’s highly skilled individuals shows the value placed on South African skills and makes room for transformation

Government shouldve sold 100% of SAA, says economist By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons Share Cape Town - Efficient Group economist Dawie Roodt says while the announcement of the 51% sale of South African Airways (SAA) is welcomed, he believes government should have sold the entire entity. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Friday announced that Takatso Consortium will acquire a 51% stake in SAA, while government will keep 49% shareholding in the new airline. Gordhan said Takatso would inject ...

Load shedding can wreak havoc on a small business or in your home office.

An economist says peak night-time load shedding will hurt businesses that are trying to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The rand rallied to a 16-month high on Friday after rating agency Moody’s skipped its review of South Africa’s credit rating and after a weak jobs report in the US prompted a sell-off of the dollar. Picture: Reuters/Mike Segar Rand rallies to 16-month high as Moody’s skips SA credit rating review By Siphelele Dludla Share JOHANNESBURG - THE RAND rallied to a 16-month high on Friday after rating agency Moody’s skipped its review of South Africa’s credit rating and after ...

South Africans will feel the pinch in April: economists Subscribe South African households are likely to start to feeling the pinch from surging petrol and paraffin prices, marked increases in excise duties on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, and below-inflation increases in the monetary values of social grants. Commenting on the latest FNB/BER consumer confidence index (CCI), chief economist at FNB Mamello Matikinca-Ngwenya said that these factors – coupled with the fact that the So...

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Fuel tax increases to hit motorists in South Africa from April Subscribe The National Treasury has announced an increase in the general fuel levy and Road Accident Fund levy to take effect from 7 April 2021. The increase will see motorists pay an inflation-related increase of 15 cents/litre in the general fuel levy and a higher-than-inflation increase of 11 cents/litre in the Road Accident Fund levy. While the increases are largely in line with expectations leading up to the budget speech, furt...

Budget Speech Preview: Government debt and sin tax in the spotlight Updated Nomfundo Ngcobo Share this: Economist Dawie Roodt doesn’t expect Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni to raise major taxes such as personal income tax and VAT when he tables his budget in Parliament on Wednesday. Money/ iStock “I do not think the main taxes, personal income tax or value added tax will be increased. It may happen but not now, simply because of the economy which is very weak.”   “But other taxes coul...