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Petrol price to increase by 82c, diesel by up to 105c
By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th February 2025 Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced the adjustment of fuel prices, based on current local and international... →
South Africa’s energy and transport reforms could create 500 000 jobs – World Bank 
By: Terence Creamer 4th February 2025 South Africa could increase its GDP growth by 1% in the short term and up to 3% in the medium term by addressing persistent energy and freight... →
SoNA can reinforce cooperation and reforms to achieve 3% growth – BLSA
By: Schalk Burger 3rd February 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa can use his State of the Nation Address (SoNA), set to be delivered on February 6, to reinforce the fundamental... →
IMF projects South Africa’s GDP growth will reach 1.5% this year
By: Darren Parker 31st January 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects South Africa’s yearly economic growth rate to reach 1.8% by 2030, supported in large part by ongoing... →
Next Transnet bailout must come from private sector, not taxpayers – DA
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th January 2025 The Democratic Alliance (DA) criticised the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) decision to request a bailout for State-owned rail and ports... →
Coal exports can be uplifted to 81-million tons, Richards Bay Coal Terminal believes
By: Martin Creamer 27th January 2025 In 2017, Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported a record 76.47-million tons of coal on the 907 ships that called in that year, and chairperson... →
South African coal, metal exporters to spend billions fixing rail
By: Bloomberg 24th January 2025 South African coal and iron-ore exporters aim to sign agreements with state-owned logistics company Transnet next month that could pave the way for... →
Steel mogul Mittal, South African ministers meet on mill closures
By: Bloomberg 22nd January 2025 Indian steelmaking tycoon Lakshmi Mittal met with South African ministers in Davos this week as the country seeks to head off the planned closure... →
