Naamsa warns motor industry exports growth not guaranteed

The sector shows improvements in export values but faces global and local headwinds

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Joblessness expected to inch up in first quarter

Trading Economics forecasts marginal rise in unemployment to 32.3%

WATCH: Deloite says 87% of South Africans are worried about rising costs

Business Day TV spoke to Hannah Marais, acting chief economist and economic advisory leader for Deloitte Africa

Government reforms prompt surge in private power to keep lights on

Presidency’s Rudi Dicks says that 22GW Gigawatts of new private power is due to come online

Surprise fall in March manufacturing output raises risk of GDP contraction

Decline in production of motor vehicles, and metals and machinery behind most of the weakness, says economist

WATCH: Food prices start to stabilise

Business Day TV speaks to principal economist at the Competition Commission, Khalirendwe Ranenyeni

High debt wiping out purchasing power of middle class

Top earners have unsustainably high levels of unsecured debt, says DebtBusters

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Manufacturing data set to take centre stage

The BER expects the pace of production to slow in March after February surprise

April car sales upturn confounds the doomsayers

After eight successive months of falling numbers, new-vehicle sales pick up in April

Economic activity is looking up in the new quarter

Rebound in April 'likely to be the result of a full month of no load-shedding'

World Bank warns more price pain on cards for coal miners

Global coal production is expected to diminish alongside consumption

SA continues to attract foreign investment, report finds

FDI inflows show perceptions of the country are not as dismal as widely believed, says PwC

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: New-vehicle sales are likely to plunge again

Data due for release also includes the trade balance, electricity generation and credit extension

WATCH: SARB’s Corporation for Deposit Insurance in focus

Business Day TV talks to Sabihah Mohamed, CEO of the Corporation for Deposit Insurance