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Evaluating Macroeconomic Resilience: The Case of South Africa and Botswana
27th February 2025 Between 2000–2022, a series of financial shocks plunged both the South African and Botswanan economies into a crisis of declining per capita... →
Low savings, shallow markets stymie African leaders' push to mobilise local cash
By: Reuters 25th February 2025 African leaders' push to mobilise domestic sources of cash to help fund billions in sovereign borrowing will face slow progress until low savings... →
Botswana central bank holds key rate with inflation seen within target
By: Reuters 20th February 2025 Botswana's central bank left its main lending rate unchanged on Thursday at its first monetary policy meeting of the year, saying inflation was... →
FUL January 2025 Newsletter – Major events relating to the judiciary and the rule of law
14th February 2025 This briefing note seeks to provide a short overview of significant events in the preceding month, relating to Freedom Under Law’s work on the... →
Diamond-dependent Botswana needs economic reset, new leader says
By: Bloomberg 3rd February 2025 Botswana’s government will develop new industries, dismantle the State power utility to foster private investment and increase concessional... →
Rate chokehold on African economies is set to loosen slowly
By: Bloomberg 27th January 2025 Over the course of the next month, African nations representing almost three-quarters of the continent’s gross domestic product are set to stake... →
SA: Paul Mashatile: Address by Deputy President, on the occasion of the NEDLAC 2025 annual Organised Labour School, Kievitskroon Estate, Pretoria (21/01/2025)
24th January 2025 Over the past 30 years, the government and NEDLAC have strengthened collaboration and dialogue, with NEDLAC continuing as the cornerstone of social... →
Africa without borders could help the continent prosper – what’s getting in the way
23rd January 2025 The vision of a “borderless Africa” is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist... →
