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A temporary social grant during the Covid-19 pandemic enabled Refentse Sekgaolela to start her own business.

Chief economist at Efficient Group Dawie Roodt warns South Africans to expect another increase in the repo rate despite another decline in consumer inflation.

Instead of learning from past African failings, South Africa seems to take pride in them, writes Pali Lehohla

The latest figures come amid rolling blackouts, with Eskom implementing alternating stages of power cuts for weeks on end.

It has been five years since the Knysna Initiative for Training and Learning (KILT) was established to support the

Tempering the joy of the birth of 240 babies in the Eastern Cape on New Year’s Day is the news that, of these, 38 were born to teenagers, three of them just 14 years old.

Stats SA’s new report found that almost one million babies were born in 2021.

The best gifts for future generations are good examples

There were more than 1-million births registered in SA in 2021 and 45,257 babies were born to teenage mothers.

A report by Stats SA revealed 45,257 births registered in 2021 occurred to mothers who were 17 years and younger.