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The central bank currently aims to anchor inflation expectations at the midpoint of its 3-6% target, but this range is now under formal review. With May’s inflation reading at 2.8%, Reserve Bank ...
New car sales roared back in June, but exports wobbled for big players like VW and Toyota. Chinese brands continue to chip away at market share. Naamsa’s latest numbers reveal a rebound with a risky ...
In South Africa, keeping a roof over your head means more than just making monthly payments, it’s about doing whatever it takes to hold onto the family’s most valuable asset.
The refusal by the UK to grant Julius Malema a visa fits within a broader global trajectory — character-based exclusions are increasingly shaped less by criminal convictions than by digital footprints ...
We got it wrong… South African motorists won’t be seeing a fuel price drop this July. Instead, pump pain is back with a vengeance.
Last week, Standard Bank announced that it was raising its retirement age for executives from 58 to 63. There is a wonderful Game of Thrones context to this. The current CEO, Sim Tshabalala, who has ...
Covid has largely dropped out of the headlines, but the virus that causes it is still circulating. We ask what we should know about a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state of the Covid pandemic in 2025 ...
Since the assassination of former ANCYL secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa in 2017, his 70-year-old mother, Agnes, has endured years of hardship. The case highlights the scourge of political killings in ...
A World Health Organization report released this week has some ideas on how to fight Big Tobacco’s influence machine, just as an SA Bill regulating newer tobacco products has finally reached the ...
Cold storage, pig stomachs and 40 tons of perlemoen weren’t enough to land convictions in one of South Africa’s biggest marine smuggling cases. On Tuesday, the accused walked — and the State was left ...
The [deepfake video] has me saying anti-vax things… This company has just pounced on me, and they’re not letting me go,’ said Abdool Karim.
British lawmakers gave their initial approval to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plans to cut disability benefits on Tuesday, after a rebellion in his Labour Party forced the government to abandon a key ...