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Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ALEXANDER FORBES

2022: A return to normality or more economic uncertainty?

Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
No new coal: Unemployed men such as Bonginkosi Mhlanga scrape a living from abandoned mine shafts. Analysts warn that commodity prices, which have over the years sometimes papered over South Africa’s economic woes, will not keep the country going forever. (Emmanuel Croset/AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Commodities ‘bail out’ South African economy, but chronic structural woes remain

The mining industry is riding a wave that will eventually crash, analysts warn

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

SA records R4.9bln trade surplus in June

SA has recorded a R4.9-billion trade surplus in June after recording a R1-billion shortfall in May, buoyed on by higher commodity exports, Sars says.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

SA December trade account at a R10,3bn surplus

SA’s trade account recorded a R10,3-billion surplus in December compared with an R8,4-billion surplus in November, Sars said on Monday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

SA records R460m trade surplus in March

SA’s trade account recorded a surplus of R460-million in March, compared with a R5,7-billion shortfall in February.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

SA records trade surplus as imports fall

South Africa’s trade balance swung to its first monthly surplus in 29 months in May, data showed on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read