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Economists widely expect the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee to once again hold the interest rate at 8.25% when it concludes its meeting on Thursday.

‘A cruel slap’: Reserve Bank weighs inflation risks as the economy struggles

Critics have said the repo rate hike will jeopardise already sluggish economic growth, but others say the gradual increase will have little effect

South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Reserve Bank green-lights interest rate lift-off

The decision to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points comes in the wake of red-hot inflation in advanced economies and fears policymakers will start to dial back on accommodative…

South Africa’s economy expanded by 0.8% during the second quarter of 2025, following a marginal increase of 0.1% during the first quarter.

Social capital — when your currency just isn’t strong enough to access the plum jobs

In South Africa we must learn to value different types of social capital to make the economy — and society — more inclusive

Moody’s rating agency

Moody’s axe likely to fall on ordinary South Africans

The ratings agency is scheduled to announce its decision on a possible downgrade of SA credit worthiness on March 27

SAFCOIN puts Africa and South Africa on the global cryptocurrency map

​South Africans get first dibs on SAFCOIN, an exclusive African cryptocurrency

For the price of a take-away meal, South Africans can become crpytocurrency investors

Miners affected are eligible to get R10 000 to R500 000, depending on the nature and the severity of the disease.(Emile Hendricks)

The economy is off to a good start

But the big questions are what Cyril Ramaphosa can do and what the budget has in store

The Solidarity report speculates that it’s “questionable whether South Africa’s economy can continue to recover given a weak export environment

Labour market report shows plummeting employee confidence index

A labour market report released by the Solidarity Research Institute on Tuesday showed deteriorating levels of job security in South Africa.

Rand bubbles to the top as volatility subsides

The South African local currency is expected to continue strengthening as low volatility and high returns attract investors.

Emerging markets have been pummelled in recent weeks on the back of fears that the US Federal Reserve could begin reining in its extremely loose monetary policy

Rand weakens for the second day before Federal Reserve stimulus decision

Speculation over whether the US Fed will begin tapering sees the rand drop ahead of a decision.

Rand claws its way up after crazy day at the market

The rand ended firmer against the dollar after a volatile session, as investors were drawn to emerging markets by efforts to curb the EU debt crisis.