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[News] Tito’s budget should keep Moody’s off our backs – post-Budget reaction

For the first time in five years, government gave some relief to over-stretched South African taxpayers.

[Opinion] Taxman at your door

David Ansara writes if necessary policies aren’t implemented, taxpayers will continue to pay for government’s profligacy.

[Opinion] Pompeo on land reform: Is SA's trade relationship with the US under threat?

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s criticism of the South African government's proposed policy of Expropriation without Compensation suggests that the US-SA commercial and diplomatic relationship could be under significant strain.

[Audio] Land expropriation without compensation would be disastrous for the South African economy - Pompeo

The United States Secretary of State's remarks that land expropriation without compensation would be disastrous for the South African economy are just the latest comments from the US Government casting aspersions on the process.

[News] Weak economic growth exacerbating unemployment: Experts

South Africa's unemployment rate remains unchanged at 29.1%.

[News] SA will be hard to sell in Davos for Mboweni

Economists are sceptical that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Team SA delegation will succeed in inspiring investor appetite in the South African economy at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week.

[News] SARB cuts Repo rate

SARB cuts the Repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% in Q1 2020, following a unanimous vote by the SARB MPC.

[News] SA economy ‘not in the doldrums, but the nasties’ - economists

We’d be lucky to see 0.9% growth, which is the World Bank’s expectation, and could already be in a depression rather than a recession, one expert said.