South Africa's GDP growth has slowed to 0. 1% in the first quarter of 2025, raising concerns among economists. Key sectors, ...

The first quarter's anaemic growth rate of 0.1% shows that the DA was right to fight for economic growth and hard reforms as part of the budget fight.South Africa cannot sustain itself on low growth.

The inertia caused by power outages, crime, disintegrating infrastructure and foreign-policy missteps dragged growth down to ...

South Africa’s economy is 37% smaller than it would have been had the country tracked its emerging-market peers and sustained ...

South African inflation rose at an annual rate of 2.8% in April, which Fowkes noted was lower than that of Japan.

One thing that is as certain as the changing seasons is that as the year progresses, forecasts for South African economic growth in 2025 – which are mostly around 1.2% – will be downgraded, which in ...

South Africa's public debt is set to rise dramatically, with the government borrowing R1. 6 billion daily amid increasing ...

This is higher than previous projections when debt to GDP was estimated to peak at 76% during the previous budgets, making it ...

South Africa's banks are bracing for further economic turmoil, which could dent their trade finance revenues and expose their ...

The EU and South Africa should accept political differences and pursue a pragmatic partnership, mutually strengthening ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s fiscal debt to GDP is expected to peak at 77% this year, as the government continues to battle to get public debt under control. The alarming debt figure was ...