South Africa’s National Treasury has done an excellent job in the 2021 medium term budget policy statement of balancing the fiscal and political pressures forced on it by economic stagnation and the incoherence of government policy.

One would think every effort would be made in SA for fit-for-purpose, well planned and relatively low-cost agricultural infrastructure investments to be efficiently executed with speed, leading to the creation of thousands of jobs and a much-needed boost in economic activity.

Brief on October 2021 Stats SA food inflation - This report gives an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes and the cost of basic healthy eating for October 2021.

Over a period of several years I penned a number of economic commentaries on various websites who would have me.

South Africa’s department of mineral resources and energy recently announced its choice of companies to build and operate a new “batch” of renewable energy projects.

Ahead of the mini-budget on Thursday (11 November), to be delivered for the first time by new finance minister Enoch Godongwana, the South African Reserve Bank continues to play its cards close to its chest, notes Thalia Petousis, fund manager at Allan Gray.