South Africa's trade deficit for March was well below expectations, showing little rise on the previous month's figure, though experts are divided whether this represents a trend or an extended blip...
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Economic Update | Blip or Trend
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Diamonds and Taxes Are Forever
22 Jul 2010
Legislation introduced by the government to boost the country's diamond processing industry could instead result in a massive drop in investment, employment and production across the sector, critics...
Economic Update | Climate Change Could Hit Hard
22 Jul 2010
Climate change could pose a major challenge to the South African economy, with water shortages and increasing aridity affecting agriculture, industry and urban settlement, experts have warned.
Economic Update | Fuelling the Future
22 Jul 2010
In an effort to reduce its dependence on imported oil, South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Central Energy Fund (CEF) announced earlier this month that they would be...
Economic Update | Good Commercial for Property
22 Jul 2010
Figures released on April 3 by the UK-based Investment Property Databank (IPD), showed that the overall returns from the South African commercial property market, came in at 26.7% in 2006, a result...
Economic Update | Inflation Warning by Reserve Bank Governor
22 Jul 2010
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has warned that South Africa's strong growth rate could be one of the factors driving up the country's inflation rate, adding to the pressure from high oil prices,...
