Kasinomics founder and informal economy expert GG Alcock says South Africa’s township economy, valued at around R1 trillion, ...

Unemployment rate among youth between the ages of 15 and 34 was 45,5% (exceeding the national average of 32,9%), according to ...

Digitising township businesses is urgent. Join the Umlazi TEA Workshop to learn, grow, and future-proof your kasi hustle.

In a remarkable testament to resilience, 1. 9 million South Africans operated non-VAT registered businesses in 2023, a ...

Cash is still king in South Africa’s informal economy, and banks are not pretending otherwise. Lenders are starting to rewrite the rules of engagement when it comes to the country’s spaza shops and ...

The Standard Bank Kasi SME Pitch Challenge is back! This year, for the first time, the competition is going national, giving ...

A new R500 million spaza shop fund is said to boost township trade, but concerns remain over transparency, accountability, ...

It's not really appreciated in terms of its scale and the nature of that sector, and often it's just looked at in terms of how can we extract value from it and not how can we grow the sector as an ...

Pretoria's city centre turned into a sea of red, black and green on Wednesday as thousands of South African Democratic ...

While South Africa’s economy clawed its way to a gross domestic product (GDP) gain of 0.6% last year, marking its strongest growth since mid-2023, the fragile recovery indicated an uneven ...

South Africa faces a major trade crisis as US tariffs and possible AGOA exclusion threaten jobs, key industries and economic recovery.

President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this year to cut off aid to South Africa is endangering ... array of products that underpin the modern economy. The South African project is seen ...