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Can we shield South Africa from climate change?

The country could become an apocalyptic wasteland if it fails to ta...

Claire Bisseker

Business Live

ANN BERNSTEIN: A risky basic income grant could come with nasty surprises

The net result of introducing a BIG will be higher taxes, slower gr...

Business Live

Why SA isn’t getting the growth it needs

The Covid Project — a research project to assess SA’s economic pros...

Claire Bisseker

Business Live

Small rise in employment is nothing to celebrate

Consensus is emerging that unemployment, inequality and poverty req...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Day

Global focus shifts away from SA issues at World Economic Forum

Financing for a just energy transition in SA takes a back seat to m...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Live

The Reserve Bank and Treasury's fiscal policies are bearing fruit

The economy is in bad shape, but it would be even worse were it not...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Live

The Reserve Bank must raise interest rates — but how high and how fast?

The Reserve Bank must raise interest rates — but how high and how f...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Live

High minimum wages hinder efforts to cut unemployment

The unemployed perhaps need to get into the labour market first and...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Live

The growth story Godongwana needs in his budget speech to be believable

Minister must show that Treasury is not anti-poor, guarantee fiscal...

Isaah Mhlanga

Business Live