[News] SARB cuts Repo rate
SARB cuts the Repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% in Q1 2020, following a unanimous vote by the SARB MPC.
[News] SA economy ‘not in the doldrums, but the nasties’ - economists
We’d be lucky to see 0.9% growth, which is the World Bank’s expectation, and could already be in a depression rather than a recession, one expert said.
[Opinion] Open for business? How SMMEs in South Africa can thrive
Small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) have the potential to drive economic growth and employment in South Africa. However, this potential is not being realised.
[News] Eastern Cape SA’s most unequal province
White South Africans are getting paid three times more than their black African counterparts at work.
[Video] Economists warn of investment downgrades
Some economists have warned that unless South Africa puts its economic house in order soon, it faces the possibility of an investment downgrade.
[News] Ramaphosa’s Challenge May Be Bigger Than That Faced by Mandela
When Nelson Mandela came to power in 1994, he faced the challenge of uniting a nation divided by apartheid and healing an economy shattered by sanctions and mismanagement.
[Audio] Productivity levels at all-time low in the workplace
18 Oct 2019 - David Ansara, COO of the Centre For Risk Analysis, joined Aldrin Sampear of Power FM and Dr Leroy Repatsoae, Chief Economist at Productivity SA, to discuss productivity levels in the SA workplace.
[News] Key factors driving unemployment discussed
He listed and deeply analysed the following issues: low economic growth; hostile broader economic policy framework; poor education; low skill level, and labour policy as key drivers of unemployment.