DOMESTIC ECONOMY KEPT ALIVE BY PENSION INCREASES
Pensions continue to drive the South African economy while the downward trend for salaries persists, this according to BankservAfrica’s latest Disposable Salary (BDSI) and...
Raising profit margins in a stagnant economy
South Africa’s current economic environment poses a real risk for small and medium enterprise (SME) owners given its stagnant growth, and it is increasingly more difficult for local businesses to sustain themselves, let alone increase profit margins.
MINING INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO FACE TOUGH TIMES
2016 marked another challenging year for South Africa’s mining industry in the wake of subdued commodity prices, an increase in short-term volatility, increased pressure...
Is Africa the land of business opportunity or pain?
With growth stagnating around much of the world, businesses often look to new markets to find opportunities.
BRIC countries were previously thought of as...
CREDIT UNLOCKS ASPIRATIONS STUDY FINDS!
Unsecured credit has emerged as an unlikely hero in the story of how ordinary South Africans are trying to rise above the current economic...
SA Stumbles
South Africans will not be surprised to learn from the 2016 Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) report, published by the Fraser Institute, that their country has lost another 12 places on the economic freedom index, dropping from 93rd in 2013 to 105th in 2014 (the latest year for which comprehensive figures are available for the 159 countries analysed). They will nevertheless be distressed to learn that SA has lost 73 places on the index since 2000.
