Five Newsworthy Things in SA 24th July 2023:

News in South Africa 24th July: 1. Good week tainted by 2 industries: South Africa had a great week on the economic front last week, with Stats SA reporting a significant drop in inflation, the Reserve Bank holding on interest rates and the rand ending stronger against the dollar. However, economists at the Bureau for […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 20th July 2023:

News in South Africa 20th July: 1. Division over interest rate hikes: Economists are divided over whether South Africa’s central bank will pause interest-rate increases on Thursday, or extend its longest phase of monetary tightening since 2006.  Deteriorating inflation expectations, currency risks and enhancements to the South African Reserve Bank’s quarterly projection model, used to […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 17th May 2023:

News in South Africa 17th May: 1. Unemployment rises: South Africa’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in more than a year and may continue climbing as power cuts intensify, discouraging investment and sapping economic growth. The official jobless rate jumped to 32.9% in the three months through March from 32.7% in the prior […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 17th April 2023:

News in South Africa 17th April: 1. Stage 8 not imminent but possible: Despite the tripping of Koeberg Unit 2 over the weekend prompting fears that stage 8 load shedding could be looming, stage 8 load shedding is only likely if there is a ‘perfect storm’, which would include a cold front lasting for several […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 29th March 2023:

News in South Africa 29th March: 1. Investigation on essential food prices: South Africa’s Competition Commission said it’s investigating the price of a range of essential-food products, after consumers were subjected to “unjustified increases” over the past two years. A probe is being conducted into the cost of goods, including bread, cooking oils, corn meal, […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 6th February 2023:

News in South Africa 6th February: 1. Eskom – state of disaster: The call by the ANC for a state of disaster to be declared over the energy crisis has alarmed many across society. Organised business was also surprised by the announcement, given that only a few months ago the president said a state of disaster […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th December 2022:

News in South Africa 5th December: 1. Load shedding issues worsen: While South Africa’s political space sits in a state of turmoil, the country’s power situation has been there for a long time – and is expected to get worse when Koeberg Unit 1 is pulled offline this week. On Thursday, 8 December 2022, Unit 1 […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th August 2022:

News in South Africa 5th August: 1. Stage 2 loadshedding continues: A major delay in restarting Eskom’s Koeberg unit 2 is largely to blame for load shedding rearing its ugly head again, just 11 days after it was suspended. Energy expert Chris Yelland notes that the failure to synchronise the unit to the grid is […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 5th April 2022:

News in South Africa 5th April: 1. State of disaster over: On Monday night, co-operative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma terminated South Africa’s national state of disaster on Covid-19, fulfilling the promise made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in an address to the nation just hours before. In a notice in the Government Gazette, Dlamini Zuma said she […]

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