Brics plans allow SA to punch above its weight
South Africa prides itself on punching above its weight in the international arena. One measure of the disparity between the country and the global players it interacts ...
Sound financial planning unbroken since 1994
A golden thread of sound financial planning has run through the 20 national Budgets since the transition to democracy in April 1994.
Bureaucrats, automorons hold back SA economy
Life would be a lot easier if the country’s economy wasn’t in the hands of pass office officials – transmogrified from the old regime into some other role but still ...
Currency weakness is no panacea for growth
The theory that a weakening currency boosts economic growth appears to be just that: a theory. India's experience is a case in point.
As US skies clear, China clouds mass
While the US economy gains ground, growth momentum in China is slowing.
ANC, Cosatu stay buddies despite their differences
Trade union federation Cosatu, which has already decided to back its alliance partner the ANC in next year’s election, will shortly announce its position on one ...
Retirement reform gets cool reception
In a country where unemployment is high and chronic, attempts to persuade workers to preserve their retirement benefits are bound to be resisted.
Reserve Bank’s first act was to save FNB precursor
The Reserve Bank, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary tomorrow caught its first whiff of action almost as soon as it opened for business in 1921.
Lively meeting likely as central bank turns 90
Tomorrow is a big day for the Reserve Bank. It will hold its ordinary general meeting in the morning, an event brought forward from its normal slot in September, ...