Confidence in the civil construction industry has taken a dive in the last quarter of 2016, bringing it to its lowest since the beginning of 2012, barring Q1 of 2016. Following a cumulative 24 index point rise during 2Q2016 and 3Q2016, the FNB/BER...
In a major upset, Republican Donald Trump has emerged as the winner of the United States presidential elections. In response, the US economy has taken a dive and extreme volatility was seen in global markets, including South Africa. US markets took...
Op Ed by Frances Ringwood One of the now infamous quips of the Trump campaign has been his tendency to call all those who disagree with him a “loser”. This tick has been parodied on the famous American late night TV shows Saturday Night Live and...
Municipalities’ total expenditure rose 21.9% to R87.5 billion in the second quarter of the year. This is according to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities report which collects a range of financial data from...