The cutting of rates is not about whether inflation has come down, but about the sustainability of its decline.
Lower inflation has lifted hopes that the repo rate could be cut tomorrow, or at least sooner than expected.
The main contributors to rising prices are food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and utilities, goods and services, and transport.
Research also reveals the European countries that are the most difficult to attain citizenship for non-EU passport holders.
“The bad news is that the prime lending rate is probably only going to ease slightly at the end of the first quarter, or in the second quarter of the year. ”
Any heavy-handed tactics will likely only provide tenants with ammunition to use against landlords in court proceedings.
Even wealthy consumers are having their opening credit card and personal loan limits reduced as lenders seek to curb risk among this proportion of South Africans ...
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) is already experiencing its peak season.
South Africans can look forward to cheaper fuel prices in the next few months but are warned this trend will not last.
Premier Alan Winde and Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC Mireille Wenger commented on QLFS saying that the province’s work to grow the Western Cape economy ...
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will need to make tough choices about how to close the 2023/2024 fiscal revenue gap which is estimated at up to R30 billion.
The Competition Commission has launched an inquiry which follows numerous global inquiries and investigations into the impact of digital platforms on news media ...
Just like buying a property or business, the option is available to anyone who can afford it.
Almost R50 billion is saved each year through stokvels.
Plus, the egg shortage could continue for up to 18 months.
And despite what may have been alluded to by government in the past, motorists who have paid into the system will not see any refunds.
Some interventions may already be a reality in South Africa, but more can be done by the government and even businesses.
Some countries are forking out more than R59,00 per litre and we by no means have the highest fuel price in Africa either; so why are South Africans feeling this ...
It no longer matters whether the egg or chicken came first, but which of the two will be last standing on retail shelves.
While many of the factors behind the price hikes are out of the control of local food producers, there are things that Southern African countries can take into their ...
The Northern Cape, on the other hand, contributes the least to the economy.
The hangover will be worse though as electricity, water, and property rates have climbed significantly this year.
The property market needs positive news and the rapidly rising borrowing cost has put a dampener on it.
Tessa Smith may not yet be 16, but she explains that her generation of young women is already buckling under the pressures of meeting society’s expectations, fighting ...
Tessa Smith may not yet be 16, but she explains that her generation of young women is already buckling under the pressures of meeting society’s expectations, fighting ...