South Africa's unemployment rate has decreased to 31. 9%, yet youth unemployment remains alarmingly high at 59. 6%. Experts ...

The stabilisation of the logistics sector as reflected in the latest reading of the Ctrack TFI is indeed welcomed ...

This is despite a general lack of growth in South Africa’s economy, which only reached 0.6% last year. The latest forecast for gross domestic product is from the International Monetary Fund ...

Following stagnant growth in the first quarter of the year, the latest manufacturing data paints a bleak picture for South Africa’s economic performance in Q2.

Last week South Africa's central bank slashed its growth forecasts for 2023 and 2024 to 0.3% and 0.7% respectively, saying power outages could wipe as much as 2 percentage points off this year's ...

South Africa’s democratic decline is evident in a democracy index published by EIU, our sister company, on February 15th.It showed that South Africa ranked 47th out of 167 countries in the ...

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), fighting to extend its 30-year grip on power in elections this month, would like to cast the government programmes that support Dalene Raiters and ...

Showing confidence in the economy. South Africa’s repo rate has remained steady at 8.25% since May 2023. However, the trade union federation COSATU earlier said with inflation having eased to 4.4% in ...

If South Africa wants to inspire the world again, it must show that a failing democracy can redeem itself. For subscribers only: to see how we design each week’s cover, sign up to our weekly ...

South Africa’s slide into decline Sunday 25 May 2025 - 15:36pm JOHANNESBURG - Thabo Mbeki endured eight days in September, a turbulent period in 2008 that led to his ousting as President of the ...