"I have sliced 0.5 percentage point off my earlier forecast for GDP growth of 1.5%," said independent economist Elize Kruger. "The bigger negative impact on South Africa will likely emerge from ...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already ...

Recently, ratings agency Moody’s dropped South Africa’s expected GDP growth to come in at 1.5%, down from its initial 1.7% figure, while the South African Reserve Bank previously anticipated 1 ...

Since his inauguration, Trump has cut all aid to South Africa, threatened to boycott this year’s G20 summit — which Pretoria is hosting — and falsely accused Ramaphosa of presiding over a ...

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The survey also showed South Africa’s gross debt-to-GDP ratio will be 77.0% in the new financial year compared with 76% in the February poll.

S&P Global Ratings has warned that South Africa's general government debt could remain high, averaging an unprecedented 80% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the three years to 2028. This would ...