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July 19th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Economy/business Trends The IMF predicts a slowdown of the world economy to 3.2% – KPMG estimates a slowing to 2.5%. Our economy shrank marginally by...

July 7th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Economy/business Trends Our inflation rate seems to be abating with food prices especially having taken a significant turn for the better. The Reserve Bank governor...

June 22nd, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Economy/business Trends: An economic inflection point? From a BusinessTech talk on change, I learnt that from 30 years ago, some 75% of the then JSEs...

June 6th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Economy/business Trends: Our economy contracted ever so slightly in the first quarter, but there is hope: the predictions are that our economy will pick up...

May 24th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Economy and business Trends: Our core inflation is holding steady with little sign of a reduction in interest rates following shortly. The US inflation rate...

May 12th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Economy/business Trends: The first quarter, economically speaking, has come and gone. Data from Stats SA show a steep drop in manufacturing output, primarily owing to...

April 25th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Gentle Reader SWMBO and I will be celebrating her birthday and taking two weeks off to stiffen my practice resolve. I will miss an...

April 12th, 2024 | Business, Economics, Practice
Business Economic trends (grim and getting worse): Our economic growth is painfully slow (the World Cup bank is optimistic in setting a recovering growth rate...

The South African township where property values have doubled over the last 10 years
Soweto has one of the fastest appreciation rates in Johannesburg, with homes in the area doubling in price over the past ten years. This is...

Mashaba Unveils ActionSA’s Plan Reclaim Hijacked and Abandoned Buildings
ActionSA today unveiled our plan to ignite South Africa’s economic growth and address the country’s housing crisis by reclaiming hijacked and abandoned buildings and factories...