“West Coast gas can industrialise South Africa as coal did 80 years ago,” says Human. He pleads for much more urgency around the exploration and development of the West Coast gas fields.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has ended an historic visit to South Africa, signalling a dramatic improvement in the once-strained relations between the two nations. The visit marked a ...

Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa held a telephone call with US President Donald Trump. In a post on X (formerly Twitter ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in South Africa to meet his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, and other representatives of African countries, Zelensky said on April 24. "It is ...

The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will soon implement measures to reverse the highly contested and reviled VAT hike in South Africa. National Treasury announced on Thursday (24 April ...

From midnight, Tanzania banned the entry of all agricultural imports from Malawi and South Africa in response to what it sees as restrictions on some of its exports. South Africa has for years ...

South Africa's finance minister has dropped plans to increase value-added tax (VAT), in a major climbdown to prevent the collapse of the coalition government. Enoch Godongwana's decision came ...

The book poses the question of whether South Africa’s future lies in hope or despair. Contributors cover a range of themes through the lens of a range of disciplines in the social sciences.

Award-winning economist Dawie Roodt warns that South Africa’s current trajectory is unsustainable and that the country needs to make big changes to jumpstart economic growth. South Africa’s ...

Consumer price inflation dropped to a surprising low of 2.7% in March 2025, giving some hope for further interest rate cuts in South Africa despite unsettled markets. Annual consumer price ...

Capitec has seen a massive jump in its profit metrics, as the bank’s active client base and branch numbers increase. In its financial results for the year ended 28 February 2025, Capitec noted ...

Kasinomics founder and informal economy expert GG Alcock says South Africa’s township economy, valued at around R1 trillion, is showing strong growth. In 1999, Alcock founded Minanawe Marketing ...