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S&P South Africa PMI confidence levels soften as private sector performance stalls
3rd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa's private sector economy showed signs of fragility in June, as the S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) barely remained in expansionary territory. Business... 


MSCI South Africa client coverage VP Eileen Andrew
Green property index shows benefits of climate-resilient buildings
1st July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Green and climate-resilient buildings and properties provide higher returns on investment, typically have lower vacancy rates and their cost-to-income ratios are tracking ahead of buildings that... 


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World Bank warns of deepening poverty in conflict-hit economies
27th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Conflict and instability are taking a toll on 39 affected economies, driving extreme poverty faster than anywhere else, worsening acute hunger, and pushing key development goals farther out of... 


Energy access improves, but international financial support needed to achieve SDG 7
25th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity and, while this is an improvement since 2022, which saw the number of people without basic access decrease for the first... 


Standard Bank CIB head of power Rentia van Tonder
Renewables, gas infrastructure and grid connections key to a resilient South African power system
25th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa needs to move fast on renewables, get its gas infrastructure ready, scale up storage and clear the grid connection backlog to keep the lights on and meet climate goals. If it gets... 


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Africa added more than 4.5 GW of hydropower capacity in 2024 – report
25th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Africa added more than 4.5 GW new hydropower capacity in 2024, up from 2 GW in 2023, and hydropower now accounts for 20% of the continent’s total electricity generation, industry organisation the... 


Unctad secretary-general Rebeca Grynspan
FDI flows into Africa rose by 75% to $97bn in 2024, Unctad report shows
19th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

The latest ‘World Investment Report’ from UN Trade and Development (Unctad) highlights a significant rebound in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa. In 2024, foreign investment in the... 


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FDI into developing countries has dwindled to lowest levels since 2005, World Bank says
17th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade and investment barriers, new research from the World Bank has... 


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Transport sector shows signs of stabilisation amid ongoing structural challenges – index
13th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

After declining for eight consecutive months to reach a revised index level of 113.5 in January, the lowest level since December 2022, the Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (TFI) increased in each... 


Non-agricultural GDP shrank in the first quarter of the year – TIPS
6th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Economic research nonprofit Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies said in its ‘First Quarter 2025 Real Economy Bulletin’ that GDP barely grew from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first quarter... 


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Excessive beer taxation is driving illicit alcohol trade, BASA says
3rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Excessively high beer taxation levels are driving consumers to support the illicit alcohol industry, a situation that needs to be rectified by lowering beer excise taxes as soon as possible, Beer... 


City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth Alderman James Vos
More than 10 000 new jobs created in Cape Town’s BPO sector over the past year
3rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

About 10 427 new jobs have been created in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector during the past financial year, from April 2024 to March 2025, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member... 


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Absa PMI decreases in May, remains in contractionary territory
2nd June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm Absa’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased by 1.6 points to 43.1 in May, with the headline PMI remaining in contractionary territory for the seventh consecutive month.   


April food inflation rises sharply, inflationary pressure can increase in coming months – BFAP
30th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Food inflation in April accelerated sharply, reflecting a weaker rand, tight supply in several sectors as a result of poor rainfall in 2024, abundant rain in recent months and high feed costs that... 


Cape Town adds 86 000 jobs in one year
30th May 2025 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town has added 86 000 jobs in a year, reaching a record level of 1.827-million people now in jobs – this according to Statistics South Africa’s (StatsSA) Quarterly Labour Force... 


Report highlights data gap preventing small businesses from accessing finance
29th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The ‘South African MSME Access to Finance 2025’ report has showed that there is insufficient, and insufficiently granular, data on lending to small businesses, and South Africa should align with... 


Moody’s upgrades Cape Town’s credit rating
23rd May 2025 By: Irma Venter

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has upgraded the City of Cape Town’s credit rating from Ba3 to Ba2, with the outlook regarded as stable. Moody’s notes that the upgrade reflects what it calls the city’s... 


Steady trade conditions dip slightly in April – Sacci
15th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The improved trade conditions in the first two months of this year were extended into March, but retreated somewhat in April, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says.... 


Cape Town adds 86 000 jobs in one year; employment at all-time record
13th May 2025 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town has added 86 000 jobs in a year, reaching a record level of 1.827-million people now in jobs – this according to Statistics South Africa’s (StatsSA) Quarterly Labour Force... 


Moody’s upgrades Cape Town’s credit rating
Moody’s upgrades Cape Town’s credit rating
5th May 2025 By: Irma Venter

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has upgraded the City of Cape Town’s credit rating from Ba3 to Ba2, with the outlook regarded as stable. Moody’s notes that the upgrade reflects what it calls the city’s... 


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Absa PMI falls further in April as demand and confidence weaken
2nd May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm Absa’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased by four points to 44.7 in April, with the headline PMI remaining in contractionary territory for a sixth consecutive month.... 


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... 


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... 


South Africa records R20.9bn trade balance surplus in February – Sars
31st March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R20.9-billion in February, attributable to exports of R164-billion and imports of R143.1-billion, inclusive of trade with Botswana,... 


Policy Uncertainty Index rises further into negative territory
31st March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The North-West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for the first quarter of this year rose much further into negative territory to 78.6 from 65.7 in the fourth quarter... 


78% of businesses in Africa made climate-friendly investments in past 5 years – survey
27th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

According to audit and assurance firm PwC’s twenty-eighth ‘Annual Global CEO Survey’, 78% of CEOs in sub-Saharan Africa initiated climate-friendly investments in the past five years, and are... 


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FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index falls further in the first quarter
27th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Following a decline to 48 in the fourth quarter of 2024, the FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index fell by a further three points to 45 in the first quarter of 2025. The index can vary between a maximum... 


Economist Dr Roelof Botha
Afrimat Construction Index records third successive quarter of increases
25th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) for the fourth quarter of 2024 increased by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter and 2.5% year-on-year – the third successive quarter of improvements. This is the first time... 


Midtier sub-Saharan Africa markets could see slight growth uptick in 2025
18th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Most midtier markets in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to see a slight uptick in their growth rates this year, economic and financial research company BMI sub-Saharan Africa country risk senior... 


Trade landscape shifting, new risks loom – Unctad
17th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Global trade started this year on stable ground, but challenges are mounting and the latest Global Trade Update by United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad), which covers data through to early... 


Real estate consumer confidence highest in 10 years, index shows
7th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The confidence of South African consumers in the future of residential property climbed to 87% in the fourth quarter of 2024, which is the highest level recorded in a decade, with the dominance of... 


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South African food inflation slowed in January
6th March 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to simply as food inflation, for short) in January remained, for the eleventh consecutive month, below the... 


Slight decline in February Absa PMI as activity remains subdued
3rd March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined slightly by 0.6 points to 44.7 points in February, remaining in contractionary terrain. This is the fourth consecutive contraction, as activity... 


Ninety percent of South Africa's SMEs accept digital payments – Mastercard
26th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The third edition of payment technology company Mastercard’s SME Confidence Index shows that 90% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa have adopted digital payments. This... 


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Sacci, Absa partner on new SME index
21st February 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In addition to its existing indices that provide information on South Africa’s business landscape, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) and Absa have announced a new index... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
PwC predicts tax revenue shortfall in upcoming budget
12th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

When Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his Budget Speech on February 19, it is expected that reported tax revenues will be about R10-billion short of initial forecasts, auditing firm PwC... 


December manufacturing production down 1.2% y/y, Stats SA reports
11th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s manufacturing production decreased by 1.2% year-on-year in December, according to a report by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released on February 11. The largest negative... 


Absa PMI declines again in January, lowest level since August
3rd February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm Absa’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined by 0.9 points to 45.3 points in January – the third consecutive contraction and the lowest level since August 2024. This... 


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