PODCAST | Global coal body urges SA to invest in clean technologies

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Michelle Manook, CEO of the World Coal Association, which represents the global coal industry.

Producer inflation marches steadily upward in October

Prices for final manufactured goods rose 8.1% year on year in October — the highest level since February 2016

Economy

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Financial stability outlook improving as economy recovers, says Reserve Bank

Risks include possible Covid-19 flare-up, sudden tightening of global financial conditions and government debt

Economy

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Business confidence no better in fourth quarter than in third

Load-shedding and strikes kept the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index unchanged in quarter four at 43 index points

Economy

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CLAUDE DE BAISSAC: South Africans are getting poorer each year — and more desperate

Our economic policies are divorced from reality, and our aeroplane is heading for the ground

Opinion

FREE | Read the November 2021 edition of Business Law & Tax

We look at how player brands can boost clubs, and the new developments affecting copyright issues

Business

Banking regulator delivers firm rebuttal to Sipho Pityana’s Absa claims

Absa board did not nominate the business person as chair, Prudential Authority says

Companies / Financial Services

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DESMOND LACHMAN: Turkish currency crisis raises red flags for SA government and Reserve Bank

Plunging lira shows independence is sacrosanct and interest rates should not be cut amid rising inflation, writes Desmond Lachman

Opinion

MAMOKETE LIJANE: Time to buckle up for an uncomfortable rate hiking journey

The virtuous cycle that worked in SA’s favour into 2021 has now turned vicious

Opinion / Columnists

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Mamokete Lijane Columnist

CLAIRE BISSEKER: SA continues to avoid the tough policy decisions at its peril

The underlying fiscal problems have not gone away and the government’s chronic indecision only makes matters worse

Opinion / Columnists

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Claire Bisseker Economics writer

WATCH: Enoch Godongwana delivers maiden medium-term budget

Watch the MTBPS here

Economy

ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Inflation forecast to keep rising due to increasing oil price

Higher energy costs and the global shortage of raw materials could drive figure up, economists warn

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Africa sets sights on local motor industry

African Association of Automotive Manufacturers is in talks with governments across continent

National

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S&P Global decides not to release a new report on SA’s rating

SA has a long way to go to convince ratings agencies of its growth and reform agenda, after all three agencies downgraded it during 2020

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SA heading for lower-middle-income status by 2028, model shows

SA’s political and economic decline is accelerating and it risks becoming a lower-middle-income nation by 2028, according to a Eunomix Business & Economics ...

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SA could regain investment-grade rating within the decade

The finance minister’s commitment to rein in debt, reduce loan-servicing costs, narrow the budget deficit and cut spending should boost investor confidence

News

Central bank ‘still dovish’ after hiking rates for the first time in three years

Monetary policy remains accommodative, says Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago

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PODCAST | Effect of violence on SA’s international standing

Mudiwa Gavaza speaks to Kieran Fahy, CEO for BNP Paribas SA

National / Labour

September retail sales bump not enough to boost third-quarter growth

Festive season shopping could be weighed down by subdued consumer confidence

Economy

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