Despite economic headwinds and high inflation, South Africa’s rental market showed resilience throughout 2024. However, a quick succession of interest rate cuts has many speculating about ...

With a recession in the United States now seen as a baseline, economists anticipate some drastic interest rate cuts to follow later in the year—with the same possible for South Africa.

Expectations on interest rates in South ... Van Wyk said markets consider South Africa’s current monetary policy tight, with a real repo rate of 4.3% compared to the neutral estimate of 2.5 ...