Media

[Opinion] SA’s Goldilocks moment?
Chris Hattingh
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25 Apr, 2025

While stating the global economy is at a “critical juncture,” in its latest World Economic Outlook the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its global GDP outlook for this year from the 3.3% projected in January to 2.8%. For South Africa, the IMF downgrades the 1.5% January forecast to 1% now; more realistic than the 1.9% projected by National Treasury in the March Budget.

[Letter] Cash injections won’t save Transnet
Chris Hattingh
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01 Apr, 2025

Kabelo Khumalo’s article refers (“Rail company boss hails fast-tracking of state reforms”, March 28). I share Traxtion CEO James Holley’s assessment that “it’s hard to exaggerate what a game-changer moment it would be if the SA government is successful in implementing those three projects [in the request for information]”.

[Opinion] A view from Washington, DC
Chris Hattingh
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27 Mar, 2025

While walking from one briefing to the next in Washington, DC, last week, I received a notification from South Africa’s favourite app. EskomSePush told me loadshedding stage 2 had been implemented.

[News] South Africa’s geopolitical dance
Chris Hattingh
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09 Mar, 2025

The repeated injections of geopolitical, trade, and investment uncertainty delivered by the second Trump administration have hit various governments, not least of which US allies, hard.

[Letter] Taxpayers under pressure
Chris Hattingh
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25 Feb, 2025

The National Treasury estimates that 235,542 taxpayers contribute 33.1% of total individual income tax. Of 7,888,615 individual taxpayers, 569,351 contribute 49.1% of all personal income tax (2023/24 financial year).

[Opinion] AGOA, going, gone
Chris Hattingh
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20 Feb, 2025

In a 13 February executive order (EO), ‘Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs’,US president Donald Trump puts forth a wide-ranging review and proposed change to how the US administers tariffs – and how the US administration views global trade as well as bodies such as the World Trade Organisation.