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Global commodity prices expected to drop to six-year low by 2026 – World Bank
29th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Faltering economic growth is coinciding with ample oil supply in ways that are expected to cause a drop in global commodity prices to their lowest level of the 2020s, according to the World Bank’s... 


Review of 82 tariff codes for solar, wind and battery inputs could have far-reaching implications
Review of 82 tariff codes for solar, wind and battery inputs could have far-reaching implications
29th April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

A tariff review by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) of input materials and components used in wind, solar PV and battery storage facilities could have... 


2025 Kasi SME Pitch Challenge applications opened to township entrepreneurs
29th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm Standard Bank has announced that the 2025 Kasi SME Pitch Challenge is, for the first time, open to township entrepreneurs across all nine South African provinces to pitch... 


The African Development Bank's headquarters
Will Africa's financial stability fund rise to the debt challenge?
29th April 2025 By: Reuters

Angola will use its chairmanship of the African Union this year to advance the creation of a continental financial stability mechanism, its finance minister said, to cushion economies from sliding... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala
DPWI to set up Office of the Engineer-General South Africa soon
29th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) will be pressing ahead with setting up the Office of the Engineer-General South Africa as soon as possible, Public Works and Infrastructure... 


South African banknotes
Rand slips as investors wait for another revised budget
29th April 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand weakened slightly in early trade on Tuesday as investors waited for the finance minister to say when he will present another revised national budget. Finance Minister Enoch... 


Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands
BRICS nations discuss shared response to Trump trade policies
29th April 2025 By: Reuters

Foreign ministers from the BRICS group of developing nations met on Monday to discuss a shared defence of the global trade system, coordinating their response to the barrage of new tariffs from US... 


Continent needs Africa-centred credit rating ecosystem
25th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

African countries need an Africa-centred credit rating ecosystem that supports fair, accurate and forward-looking assessments of Africa’s economies, UN Under-Secretary-General and Economic... 


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South Africa 2025 economic growth forecast cut to 1.5% on tariff worries: Reuters poll
25th April 2025 By: Reuters

South African economic growth will be a bit weaker this year than thought a month ago partly due to trade tensions, with US President Donald Trump having paused a 31% tariff for 90 days imposed on... 


Port infrastructure
Saudi push into South Africa yields billions of dollars in deals
25th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country... 


Necsa CEO Loyiso Tyabashe
CSIR, Necsa sign MoU to collaborate on R&D
25th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to collaborate on research and... 


Standard Bank Group sustainability head Boitumelo Sethlatswe
Bank invests in oil, gas projects as part of mobilisation targets
25th April 2025

Not only does financial services provider Standard Bank prioritise renewable energy as part of its sustainable finance mobilisation targets, it also supports a broader range of activities that... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
Tau extends deadline for comment on Transformation Fund to May 28
24th April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has extended the deadline for the public to comment on the draft Transformation Fund concept document to May 28, from the original date of May 7.... 


South Africa will lag growth recovery in rest of Africa in 2025 – World Bank
South Africa will lag growth recovery in rest of Africa in 2025 – World Bank
24th April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The World Bank expects growth in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as South Africa, to rise in 2025 and further accelerate to 2027. But it is also warning of several downside risks, including restrictive... 


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World Bank Group expands members, priorities for Private Sector Investment Lab
24th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The World Bank Group has launched the next phase of its Private Sector Investment Lab, which will include an expanded membership of industry leaders with experience in generating jobs in developing... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
South Africa withdraws planned VAT hike after political pushback
24th April 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa will not increase its value-added tax (VAT) from May 1, the finance ministry said on Thursday, after the proposed hike faced opposition from political parties and caused friction... 


South African Rand
South African rand edges up after VAT increase withdrawn
24th April 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand was marginally stronger in early trade on Thursday after the finance ministry said it was withdrawing a contentious increase in value-added tax (VAT) that was due to kick in... 


US tariffs pose severe indirect risks to sub-Saharan Africa, BMI warns
24th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

While the direct effects of US tariffs on sub-Saharan African trade were limited, the broader economic and political ramifications – through falling commodity prices, fiscal tightening and rising... 


South Africa must accelerate reforms to mitigate against external shocks – Parsons
23rd April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

In the wake of global finance organisation the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cutting its GDP growth forecast for South Africa this year to 1% from 1.5%, adding that it would reach a growth rate... 


Grid access remains a key bottleneck for new wind projects
Rising role of South Africa’s private offtaker market underscored in latest Global Wind Report
23rd April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The growing role of the private offtaker market in stimulating the South African wind sector has been highlighted in the latest 'Global Wind Report', which has been released by the Global Wind... 


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Inflation eases to an almost five-year low
23rd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

South African inflation slowed to an almost five-year low in March, taking it below the floor of the central bank’s target range. The consumer price index rose 2.7% last month from a year earlier... 


Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau
US, South Africa to hold trade talks this week – Reports
23rd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The US and South Africa will hold a first round of bilateral talks this week after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on goods and amid frayed diplomatic ties, Business Day reported. South... 


Wind farm
Access to renewable electricity now key investment driver, global poll of execs shows
22nd April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

A new survey of 1 477 business executives from 15 countries, including South Africa, indicates that corporates now overwhelmingly view the transition from fossil fuels to renewable electricity as... 


IMF
IMF slashes global growth forecast, says downside risks dominate
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The International Monetary Fund sharply lowered its forecasts for world growth for this year and next, warning the outlook could deteriorate further as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs spark a... 


DA Spokesperson on Finance Dr Mark Burke
DA says it’s not opposed to workable Budget, as it challenges tax increase in court
22nd April 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday while it is not opposed to a workable Budget, it opposes an anti-growth, anti-jobs and anti-poor VAT-based Budget. DA spokesperson on Finance, Dr Mark Burke... 


BMW lineup
Mavuso calls for overhaul of auto masterplan as world dynamics change
22nd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso has expressed concern in her latest newsletter about South Africa’s automotive exports to the US, saying that, to forestall the impact of tariffs on... 


SA rand
South African rand firms ahead of economic data
22nd April 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand firmed early on Tuesday, ahead of the release of a key economic indicator by the country's central bank. At 0636 GMT the rand traded at 18.70 against the dollar, roughly 0.3%... 


The South African Reserve Bank offices
Central banks stare into trade-war abyss with rate cuts primed
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Global central banks will mostly stand ready for interest-rate cuts in coming months to cushion their economies from US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Despite flux in implementation, his... 


The Joburg CBD skyline
South Africa investors face global growth threat after choppy politics
22nd April 2025 By: Reuters

Investors have flocked to South Africa's domestic bond markets, betting the country can stay the course on reforms despite political fractures, but tariff threats and the prospect of a global... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Enoch Godongwana says dropping VAT hike would have severe consequences
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's finance minister has said that failing to raise the value-added tax rate from May would cause severe harm to state finances, court papers showed, after a stand-off over the proposal... 


Global economic growth to suffer immediate setbacks because of US tariffs – analysts
17th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global economic growth is expected to be significantly and immediately curtailed as a result of the ongoing US trade actions, global advisory firm Oxford Economics warned in a recent webinar on... 


Rand
Rand weaker as markets await tariff, local government news
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's rand weakened early on Thursday against a firmer dollar, as markets awaited information on US tariffs and local investors looked for news on the future of the coalition government.... 


Global economic growth could slow to 2.3% this year, Unctad says
16th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3% this year, placing the world economy on a recessionary path owing to mounting threats, including trade policy shocks, financial volatility and a surge in... 


Special envoy to the US Mcebisi Jonas
Jonas could face cold shoulder in Washington, US analyst warns
16th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the US on April 14, public comments made by Jonas in 2020, in which he... 


PPS delivers highest-ever profit share of R5.33bn to members
15th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Financial services provider Professional Provident Society (PPS) has allocated an all-time high R5.33-billion in profit-share to members in South Africa with qualifying life-risk products’ notional... 


Africa CEO Forum Summit 2024
Summit aims to strike ‘new deal’ between public, private sectors as Africa navigates global changes
15th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As protectionism rises and global trade dynamics shift, Africa CEO Forum director Adrien Fielding asserts that a “new deal” must be struck between the public and private sectors in Africa. Speaking... 


Rand
South African rand recovers further on bets coalition will hold
15th April 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand extended gains in early trade on Tuesday, bolstered by bets that the country's coalition government will remain intact despite disagreements over the budget. At 0725 GMT the... 


Coins stacked
African venture capital ecosystem data shows resilience of continental investor funds
14th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The African Private Capital Association (Avca) finds in its ‘2024 Venture Capital in Africa’ report that last year was challenging for African start-up companies, while the continent had also... 


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