Strong export and import activity, together with robust retail sales, delivered a surprise boost to SA business confidence in January, underlining the resilience of the private sector, according the latest SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) business confidence index (BCI).

Sacci’s index rose 2.1 points to 94.1 in January from December, a three-month high, and better than the 92.5 points forecast by economists surveyed by Bloomberg...

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