South Africa’s growing water insecurity has moved from an environmental concern to a central economic and regulatory challenge. Deteriorating infrastructure, recurring supply disruptions, unlawful water use and increasing pressure on...
It is forgivable to think that an oil shock mainly hurts at the petrol pump. After all, that is where households feel it first. But when my colleagues and I at the Bureau for Economic Research started digging through South Africa’s fuel data, a...
Mpumalanga Province has emerged victorious at the 2026 South African Youth Water Prize (SAYWP) national competition held in Kempton Park, Gauteng, 29 May 2026, with a 17-year-old Sinenhlanhla Sikhulile Nkosi from Sintintile Secondary School in...
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced that both the legal and operational frameworks required to administer China’s temporary zero-tariff scheme have been finalised. The Asian country announced in February this year that it would...
