Economy

November 2, 2017

Africa Update: South Africans will pay VAT of 14% on wholewheat bread

Consumers can expect to feel the pinch once the proposed scrapping of VAT zero rating on certain categories of bread which previously qualified as brown bread. […]
November 2, 2017

World Update: Trump passes over ‘excellent’ Yellen after just one term at Fed

President Donald Trump is ending Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s leadership of the U.S. central bank after just one term at the helm of the institution […]
November 1, 2017

World Update: India climbs global business ranking. But it’s not that simple

It’s getting easier to do business in India. But there’s still a long way to go. The country leaped 30 spots to 100 in the World […]
November 1, 2017

Africa Update: Quarterly Labour Force Survey – SA employment grew by 92 000 in Q3

The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2017 released by Statistics South Africa today, indicate that employment grew by […]