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[News] #SAShutdown triggered by #ZumaArrest but not the reason

The #ShutdownSA protests sparked by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma are ongoing. Minister of police, Bheki Cele assured South Africans the ...

[News] Economists decry interest rate increase: 'It’s always the poor who bear the brunt'

Economists and business warned that the latest increase by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) would have dire consequences for consumers who were already ...

[News] Newly-matriculated class face employment woes for the year ahead

Economist, and senior analyst at the Centre for Risk Analysis, Bheki Mahlobo, said that unfortunately the country's educational system did not properly equip ...

[News] Russia-Ukraine conflict could see steep fuel and food prices increases, SA economists warn

Economist, and senior analyst at the Centre for Risk Analysis, Bheki Mahlobo said three key factors to track are energy prices, global supply chain pressures, ...

[News] The budgets don’t fit like they used to – Food prices hike in SA and even wine isn’t safe

In late February, economist and senior analyst at the Centre for Risk Analysis Bheki Mahlobo highlighted three vulnerable sectors subject to change, including ...

[Opinion] Budget bottom line: SA is living on borrowed time

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and the government he serves are increasingly living on borrowed time. In the absence of growth-enhancing policy reforms and ...

[Opinion] Joblessness and reliance on grants - research centre's analysis paints grim picture of struggling SA

12 May 2022 - The unemployment rate has led many South Africans to rely on social grants, says senior analyst at the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) Bheki ...

[Opinion] Numsa strike unjustified as rise in steel price will hit manufacturers

Not all enterprises are able to pass the increases on to consumers.

[Opinion] Risks – and opportunities – for SA in 2022

22 January 2022 - What does 2022 hold for South Africa? We continue to consider the country to be in an exceptionally fragile state both politically and ...

[Opinion] SA’s ‘two great failures’ contributing to the downward spiralling of the economy

13 May 2022 - CRA senior economic analyst Bheki Mahlobo said the ANC administration under President Cyril Ramaphosa continued to perform poorly.