The year of 2021 was significant for South Africa. It was marked by the largest civil unrest since the end of Apartheid, and it was the first...
South Africa | Budget 2022: When the economy’s bottom falls out
Posted by Jee-A van der Linde on Feb 16, 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) again contained some positive signs of a change in policy direction. The provision of...
South Africa | Public sector wage bill set to increase further
Posted by Pieter du Preez on May 30, 2021
The public sector wage bill is one of South Africa’s largest line items on the expenditure side, accounting for roughly one-third of total...
Global | New virus variants, new economic risks
Posted by Ben May on Jan 8, 2021
News on vaccine progress has offered some light at the end of the Covid tunnel, but the discovery that more transmissible variants have spread...