Ahead of the mini-budget on Thursday (11 November), to be delivered for the first time by new finance minister Enoch Godongwana, the South African Reserve Bank continues to play its cards close to its chest, notes Thalia Petousis, fund manager at Allan Gray.
South Africa’s agriculture sector has been the mainstay of economic growth even at the height of Covid-19. Its underbelly, however, is its dualism and lack of inclusiveness.
South Africans are facing another round of power cuts despite promises from South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, that it would keep the lights on.
Wine farmers in the Cape Winelands are increasingly turning to alternative farming methods, which are helping to preserve the two global biodiversity hotspots in the region.
It’s now almost 25 years after the end of apartheid and the land question inside Africa’s most powerful economy still remains largely unresolved.
Local economic development and better municipal service delivery are vital if South Africa wants to broaden economic participation and reverse its unemployment trend.
