The future of the South African agricultural sector is dependent on the country and industry making the right policy and investment choices. So cautioned Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy... 

African private businesses are optimistic about their prospects for growth over the next year and are investing in digital systems to support that growth, advisory and professional services... 

South African enterprises, in line with global trends, are vulnerable to cyberattacks, struggle to protect themselves and find and retain cybersecurity skills amid changing information technology... 

South Africa's official unemployment numbers as announced by the national statistics agency this week, although alarming, still paint a rosier picture than the reality many people experience,... 

South Africa’s mid-year population is estimated to have increased to 58.78-million in 2019, a report by the national statistics agency showed on Monday. Gauteng continued to record the largest... 

Owing to the global economic crisis which started in late 2008, a structural break occurred in the metals and engineering (M&E) sector, which had hitherto recorded the highest production figure of... 

Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Monday said he preferred the Democratic Alliance-led Western Cape municipalities' processes of enforcing good performance and will ensure a pro-active and hands-on... 

Financial services provider PPS has revealed that 39% of students are concerned that they may not be employed immediately after their tertiary education. PPS released its 2018 Student Confidence... 

Employment in South Africa's non-agricultural formal sector grew by 22 000 in the first quarter of 2019, Stats SA announced on Tuesday in its latest Quarterly Employment Statistics bulletin. This... 

Global rating agency Moody's says the contraction of South Africa's GDP in the first quarter is credit negative for SA's government and the country's banks.  Last week Stats SA announced the... 

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) erased most of last month’s gain and fell to 45.4 index points in May from 47.2 points in April, which – excluding the drop to 45... 

The South African Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee has again decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.75%, a decision widely expected by analysts.  The central bank's governor Lesetja... 

Annual headline consumer price inflation for April has moderated to 4.4% Stats SA announced on Wednesday morning, a figure in line with the expectations of economists.  This is within the target... 

Fuel data for May 2019 "is showing a listless fuel price picture", reports the Automobile Association, quoting unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund. The AA says:... 

South Africa's economy may have contracted in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by NKC African Economics. The economy fell into a technical recession in 2018, before gaining pace... 

The lack of load-shedding in April, resulted in an uptick in the outlook for business conditions in the next six months, a survey revealed. The Absa Purchasing Manager's Index for April, released... 

While South Africans commemorate the late freedom fighter Chris Hani, who was assassinated 26 years ago, civil society organisation Corruption Watch on Wednesday released a report on how corruption... 

Trust in South African institutions has risen, with nongovernmental organisations in the lead while the government remains at the bottom, a survey has shown. The Edelman Trust Barometer, which has... 

The tenth edition of the World Energy Council’s (WEC’s) World Energy Issues Monitor 2019 highlights that lithium and cobalt will play an increasing role in commodity market risks, which are... 

Treasury's economic growth forecasts are better than some other institutions, members of Parliament heard. The Standing Committee on Finance on Friday held a briefing with officials from Treasury... 

If women had equal opportunities to reach their full potential, the world would not only be fairer, it would be prosperous, said World Bank Group interim president Kristalina Georgieva. In its... 

A PwC and Mergermarket study of 600 global senior corporate executives has found that most acquisitions and divestments do not maximise value – even when some dealmakers think they do; but that... 

A survey undertaken by Sirdar Group has found that boards with at least one independent director are outperforming boards without one and that independent directors seem to be essential to keeping... 

Despite the contribution of the construction sector to local economic activity being inconsistent, and having decreased significantly over the years, Constructional Engineering Association (CEA)... 

South Africa’s official unemployment rate decreased marginally by 0.4 of a percentage point to 27.1% in the final three months of 2018, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Tuesday. The... 

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) on Wednesday released its 2018 full year data for global air freight markets, which showed that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres... 

Global coalition against corruption Transparency International on Tuesday released its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index, and gave South Africa a score of 43 out of 100, unchanged from 2017. The... 

The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Brookings Institution’s Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) launched the Foresight Africa report on Monday, in Johannesburg,... 

There are consistent trends in the 2018 and 2019 results of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC’s) annual CEO survey, with global CEOs – including those based in South Africa – plagued by pessimism and... 

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) ended 2018 on a positive note, reaching the best level of the year – 50.7 – in December. This was an improvement from the 49.5 recorded... 

November inflation ticked up to 5.2%, according to data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Wednesday.  This is up from inflation of 5.1% recorded for October.  

Business conference among South African companies edged up just slightly in November, with the momentum seen since September slowing, a survey showed on Thursday. The South African Chamber of... 

While some subindices showed an increase from the third quarter, the Agbiz and Industrial Development Corporation’s Agribusiness Confidence Index weakened to 42 in the last quarter of the year,... 

The South African economy has officially exited the recession after reporting 2.2% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the third quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa announced on... 

A recent Ernst & Young (EY) survey shows South Africa has retained its position as the top foreign direct investment  destination in Africa, but Morocco has caught up with it, the country's...