Economic indicators for 04 October 2017 (07:00)

Below are the economic indicators for 04 October 2017 as at 07:00 (Values in parentheses indicates previous closing values.) Rand / US dollar R13.60 (R13.62) Rand /...

Economic indicators for 03 October 2017 (07:00)

Below are the economic indicators for 03 October 2017 as at 07:00 (Values in parentheses indicates previous closing values.) Rand / US Dollar R13.62 (R13.58) Rand /...

Petrol price to rise in October

The petrol price will rise by between 25 and 29 cents this week, the Energy Department announced on Monday. A litre of 93 (ULP and...

Economic indicators for 02 October 2017 (07:00)

Below are the economic indicators for 02 October 2017 as at 07:00 (Values in parentheses indicates previous closing values.) Rand / US Dollar R13.58 (R13.53) Rand /...

South Africa’s National Development Plan can be resuscitated: here’s how

Something is surely wrong when many influential people endorse or reject a document none of them have read. The document is South Africa’s National...

Eskom suspends CFO

Eskom on Friday announced the suspension of its Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh. “Eskom has suspended its Chief Financial Officer, Mr Anoj Singh pending a...

Parastatals note suspension from BLSA

Transnet and Eskom have noted their suspension from Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA). “Eskom has noted BLSA’s decision to suspend the company’s membership with immediate...

Government transfers funds to SAA

Government has approved the transfer of R3 billion to South African Airways (SAA) to allow the airline to meet its debt obligations to Citibank,...

Economic indicators for 29 September 2017 (07:00)

Below are the economic indicators for 29 September 2017 as at 07:00 (Values in parentheses indicates previous closing values.) Rand / US dollar R13.53 (R13.37) Rand /...

What the South African KPMG saga says about shareholder activism

Accounting and consulting firm, KPMG South Africa, is reeling after it was exposed to have played a part in the Gupta inspired state capture...

South Africa should consider help from the IMF to fix its...

The prognosis that the South African economy is in dire straits is pretty obvious even to the untrained eye. The solution to the country’s...

South Africa’s economic recovery plan has a bit of everything –...

South Africa’s new finance minister Malusi Gigaba has unveiled a 14 point plan designed to help the country fix its declining economic fortunes. Sibonelo...