On 15 October 2020, Preside Cyril Ramaphosa announced the South African government’s long-awaited economic rescue plan in Parliament. The plan which is expected to support much-needed economic reforms and provide economic stimulus in t...
·over 3 years ago
Brands that feature in the Brand Finance South Africa 50 report are defying the South African economy and recording healthy brand value growth, according to the latest report. These brands are outpacing the country’s GDP, with the top 50...
·almost 5 years ago
Statistics South Africa recently rebased South Africa’s GDP. Does it matter? To start with, let’s unpack what rebasing is – and what it is not – and then put this statistical exercise in the context of the changes that economies go th...
·over 2 years ago
The devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal and load shedding contributed to the decline, weakening an already fragile national economy that had just recovered to pre-pandemic levels
·over 1 year ago
If we thought we had a jobs crisis on our hands before this pandemic, we now we have something much, much larger than we had ever imagined. The first thing that came to mind as I went through the second-quarter unemployment statistics re...
·over 2 years ago
This year's 15th BRICS Summit is expected to solidify the emerging market bloc as a future superpower.
·8 months ago