South Africa inflation drops below target, first time in 15 years

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

South Africa?s inflation rate dropped below the central bank?s target range for the first time in 15 year in May due to lower fuel prices

Cape Town port gets help to clear lockdown freight backlog

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Transnet SOC Ltd. will deploy to staff to its container and multipurpose terminals at the Port of Cape Town in a bid to clear backlogs caused by the coronavirus ...

South Africa targets narrowing of budget gap from next year

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South Africa?s Treasury will outline plans in its medium-term budget policy statement in October to free up R250bn.

South Africa too rich for relief even as fiscal reckoning looms

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

Too rich for debt relief available to most African nations and hobbled by its politics, South Africa is facing a public financing crisis.

SA weighs how to stabilise debt during the Covid-19 pandemic slump

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will deliver a special adjustment budget on Wednesday, the first of its kind in at least 27 years.

Kganyago says QE would hurt, not help SA’s finances

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

The South African Reserve Bank will resist calls to finance the government’s growing budget deficit.

Central banks mull support for Africa debt swap, envoy says

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Developed nations are considering financial support for a plan to relieve African countries of debt payments without triggering default.

Business confidence drops to record low on lockdown

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

South African business confidence plunged to the lowest level in 45 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sugar industry turnaround in SA delayed by virus

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

A plan to support South Africa’s ailing sugar industry has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mboweni rules out printing money to plug deficit

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is rebuffing suggestions that the central bank help plug the hole.

Charts that show SA Reserve Bank ‘u-turn’ due to virus

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic has turned South Africa?s typically hawkish monetary policy committee into doves.

Statistics South Africa does more with less to measure virus

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

South Africa?s cash-starved and short-staffed statistics agency is doing more with less to measure the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

What African central banks may do next in response to virus

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Some central bankers in sub-Saharan African economies may follow a more measured approach.

Africa’s wealthiest city says 1 million people need food aid

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Almost one million people in Johannesburg, South Africa?s commercial hub, are in need of food aid due to movement restrictions.

Free trade to help Africa rebuild after virus, even if delayed

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

The first commerce under an Africa-wide free-trade pact will provide new stimulus to countries to overcome the economic damage of the coronavirus.

Zimbabwe gets a coronavirus lifeline from the World Bank

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Zimbabwe will get $7 million from the World Bank to fight the coronavirus pandemic despite being in arrears with the Washington-based lender.

GRAPHICS: The potential impact of the coronavirus on SA's economy

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

SA?s National Treasury expects job losses, tax losses and a contracting economy due to the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown to halt its spread.

South Africa business confidence slumps to 7-month low

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

SA business confidence slumped to a seven-month low in March even before the full impact of the coronavirus was transmitted through the economy.

Economy may shrink as much as 4%, central bank says

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

South Africa?s economy could contract by 2% to 4% this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Half of all jobs in Africa imperiled by virus fallout

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

Africa may be two to three weeks away from the height of a coronavirus outbreak.

South African factory sentiment weighed down by virus lockdown

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Sentiment in South Africa?s manufacturing industry had the worst quarter in 11 years.

Africa is two to three weeks away from height of virus storm

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Africa is 2 to 3 weeks away from the worst of the covid-19 storm and needs an emergency economic stimulus of $100bn to bolster preventative measures.

South Africa inflation rises to a 15-month high

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

South Africa?s annual inflation rate rose above the midpoint of the central bank?s target range for the first time in 15 months.

The only question on South African rate cut is ‘how much?’

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

The debate around South African interest rates has now moved from whether the central bank will cut on Thursday to how much it will cut.

How coronavirus will dominate African interest rate decisions

Prinesha Naidoo|Published

Central bankers in five key sub-Saharan African countries will meet on interest rates in the next ten days.