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The North West University Policy Uncertainty Index for 1Q 2025 indicates a significant rise to 78. 6, reflecting ongoing economic challenges in South Africa. Professor Raymond Parsons discusses the implications of this record high and the potential for recovery amidst global economic uncertainties.
South Africa's national budget stands at a crucial crossroads between social welfare and economic growth. This analysis explores how strategic fiscal planning could transform the nation's future, balancing social responsibilities with competitive advantage in the global market.
Cyril Ramaphosa highlights the vital role of early childhood development in shaping a more equitable education system in South Africa.
The World Bank warns that South Africa's excessive regulatory burden and complex BEE laws are stifling economic growth and job creation, calling for urgent reforms to attract investment and stimulate recovery across all sectors of society.
The South African government announces ambitious plans to revolutionise the logistics sector, backed by World Bank support, with key focus on rail infrastructure and private sector participation. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy outlines strategic reforms aimed at moving 250 million tonnes of freight by 2030.
As USAID faces potential shutdown under Trump and Musk's influence, Ukraine's lifeline of billions in aid hangs in the balance.
The World Bank has raised South Africa's GDP growth forecast for 2025, highlighting improvements in the energy and logistics sectors, but warns of ongoing challenges in poverty and unemployment.
The World Bank has issued a stark warning regarding the state of the global economy, projecting that growth will remain stable this year, but at historic lows.
If the ANC blindly continues with austerity it will be removed from power. We do not have a left party and will not have one for as long as the SACP and Cosatu remain tied to the ANC and Numsa and Abahlali baseMjondolo do not work towards building an inclusive mass-based left project.
Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao had left all with a mandate: to build an Africa that is powerful, united, and unapologetically proud, an Africa that would no longer stand in the shadow of others but would take its rightful place on the world stage, driven by a collective will and fortified by the indomitable spirit of its people.
For Africa, BRICS is not just a partnership—it is a transformative opportunity. The time to seize that opportunity is now.
Explore how South African businesses can combat the rising threat of money laundering and protect their operations from criminal activities.
Is the Bank governor’s approach to interest rates too dogmatic? Should the SARB mandate be expanded to help the country address the crisis of poverty, unemployment and inequality? Can the SARB be redeemed? the writer asks.
The two leaders issued a joint statement in which China commits to ‘sharing with South Africa experience in poverty alleviation and rural revitalisation; in building poverty alleviation model villages and offering support for South Africa’s co-ordinated urban and rural development’.
By strengthening its BRICS alignment, South Africa can promote its own national interests, while also contributing to a more equitable and just global economic order.
Meeting under the theme: ‘Investing in a Sustainable Future’, the annual meeting, which comprises several events, will seek to ensure that it is continuing its founding mandate.
At a time when the UN prepares for its historic Summit of the Future 2024, Brazil has anchored its G20 presidency on the UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda, the writer says.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have voiced their support for Kenyan protesters opposing the IMF and World Bank-backed 2024 Finance Bill, which threatens to impose burdensome taxes.
OPINION: Zambia has struggled to settle its debt, which, at some point, had reached 120% of its gross domestic product (GDP), writes Gwinyai Taruvinga.
Church reaffirms condemnation of abortion and euthanasia, a globally significant royal dies, US president shot, and farewell to one of the greatest cricketers
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OPINION: The G-77 had emerged as the institutional embodiment of the shared ideology of the Global South countries that the US-led liberal global order undermined with their sovereignty and exacerbated the inequalities between the rich and poor countries, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.
The highly successful man values his privacy, so much so that most people outside the finance industry don’t even know he exists.
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana said the repayment of the R19 billion loan from the World Bank loan will start in 2029.