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SA’s VAT hike to 16% may ease debt but worsens stagnation. True relief lies in growth, reforms, and expanding the tax base - not more taxes.
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The scale of the further wide-ranging US unilateral tariff hikes announced by President Trump will not only drive a huge wedge into the world’s multilateral trading system but is also bad news for the SA economy.
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The president speaks of hope and progress, but without action and delivery that changes lives on the ground, South Africans will be marooned in the geopolitical storms raging around us.
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With over 30 000 outlets, including Dis-Chem and Pick ‘n Pay now accepting crypto payments in South Africa, the tide may be turning in favour of this new technology – and this could be good news for the African continent.
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Economist and futurist Prof Andre Roux shares his perspective on how Trump’s presidency may influence South Africa and its trade relations.
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The pivotal and definitive outcome of the historic US elections for control of the White House and the Congress has wide ranging implications for the US economy and the rest of the world.
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Why do we consistently fare the worst?
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The latest MPC statement was again surprise-free, the committee having, for the sixth time over the past year, kept interest rates unchanged.
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IESE Profs. Javier Diaz Gimenez and Pedro Videla discuss different ways to tackle inflation and bring down public debt in a world fraught with geopolitical tensions.
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SARB deputy governor Fundi Tshazibana on the mandate of the Reserve Bank and enhancing the capacity of the state.
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