Can the Sarb find the balance between rates and inflation?

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at the challenges facing SA’s economy in 2024.
Consequences for counterfeit diesel sellers, and will we see a rate cut on Thursday?

23 Jan 2024 5AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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

Anti-cancer foods: Science or supermarket spin?

Steenhuisen’s dip and the battle for the DA’s soul. Beyond the rate pause, 2026 marks a turning point for SA property. And alarm over hate speech legislation overreach.

4 Feb 5AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Eskom unbundling faces fresh hurdles as energy reform drags on

‘We don’t want a fiscal risk to the sovereign because we didn’t do this properly. That risk is real; Eskom is just coming out of a debt moratorium,’ says Rudi Dicks, head of the Project Management Office in the Presidency.

3 Feb 9AM 7 min

Building for extremes: Rethinking infrastructure after the floods

What Operation Vulindlela’s Q3 report reveals about SA’s economic reset. Unions slam Sarb over rate hold. And from ice cream to air miles, how South Africans really spent their money over the festive season.

3 Feb 5AM 33 min

Can the Sarb find the balance between rates and inflation?

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