‘SA’s lowest income earners see 0.5% higher inflation than rest of the country’

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at whether SA is becoming a failed state, why Gauteng’s hospitals have so many acting CEOs.

10 May 2023 6AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Inside the DA’s battle to break beyond its traditional voter base

‘They're going to have to risk that base in favour of building a bigger party, as Maimane was trying to do 10 years ago, that has black voters from the middle class and lower middle class,’ says Richard Calland, political commentator, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

6 Feb 7AM 7 min

SMEs win big as JSE-WC deliver funding breakthrough

Prof Richard Calland analyses the race for the DA’s top spot. How Agoa renewal affects SA’s farmers and export markets. Unbossed, AI-driven and boundary aware – inside the workplace of 2026.

6 Feb 4AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Wage inflation versus productivity: A growing threat to employment

‘You can pay R30 000 for a bot rather than R300 000 for a labour relations officer. The labour markets are under pressure, I think we're going to see unemployment grow significantly,’ says John Botha, joint CEO at Global Business Solutions.

5 Feb 7AM 7 min

Fraudsters now hijacking devices in real time

Minimum wage rises to R30.32, why this increase changes more than pay slips. Why SA’s mining future hinges on policy certainty and infrastructure reform. And brains over borders, why more young South Africans are gaining access to top US universities.

5 Feb 5AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Steenhuisen’s exit exposes a deeper crisis inside the DA

‘There’s a conservative group that feels the party has left the runway and veered into another direction. In a sense, they’re trying to pull it back to its basics,’ says Sanusha Naidu, writer and commentator at the Institute for Global Dialogue.

4 Feb 7AM 8 min

‘SA’s lowest income earners see 0.5% higher inflation than rest of the country’

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