Business Confidence drops in 2nd quarter – SABC News

The Business Confidence Index (BCI) produced by Rand Merchant Bank and the Bureau for Economic Research has declined by five points to reach 40-points in the second quarter of 2025.

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Concerns over SA’s impending gas supply challenge – SABC News

Members of Parliament’s Electricity and Energy Portfolio Committee, as well as stakeholders in this industry, have expressed concern about South Africa’s impending gas supply challenge which could take place in

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SARB’s fight against inflation yielding positive results: Kganyago – SABC News

Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the Reserve Bank’s fight against inflation is starting to yield positive outcomes, bringing about relief for consumers facing economic pressures. Kganyago led the SARB Forum on

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NUM Samancor strike enters second week – SABC News

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members at Samancor’s Waterkloof Operations in Rustenburg will today march to the company’s offices in North West, as the strike enters its second week.

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Fuel levy won’t have huge impact on inflation: Economist – SABC News

According to preliminary reports by the Department of Mineral Resources’ Central Energy Fund (CEF), the price of petrol was expected to come down by 19-cents and diesel by 50-cents per litre

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Unemployed women in Diepkloof struggling to find permanent work – SABC News

Unemployed women in Diepkloof, Soweto, say they continue to feel the pinch of unemployment and are losing all hope that they will one day be economically active. This as women

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Petrol to decrease by 5 cents a litre, diesel by 36.9 cents – SABC News

The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has released the new fuel prices following the dismissal of the Economic Freedom Fighter’s fuel levy challenge. The party had argued that Finance Minister

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Stats SA reports marginal economic growth of 0.1% in first quarter – SABC News

South Africa’s economy had a marginal 0.1% growth in the first quarter of this year. This follows a downwardly revised increase of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024. Statistics

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Pappi backs EFF’s court bid against fuel levy hike – SABC News

The People against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases have expressed support for the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) court challenge against the general fuel levy increase. EFF’s urgent application against the

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EFF’s fuel increase levy case not strong: OUTA – SABC News

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF)’s case against an increase in the general fuel levy is not strong. The Western Cape High Court is

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