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World Bank lifts South Africa GDP forecast on energy, logistics
By: Bloomberg 4th February 2025 The World Bank raised its economic-growth forecast for South Africa because of a sustained recovery in its energy and logistics sectors, while... →
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... →
Energy transition brings mining beneficiation into focus. Who wins?
3rd February 2025 Energy is on the minds of policymakers worldwide. In South Africa, while we may be at the beginning of the end of loadshedding, the government and... →
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... →
ArcelorMittal Plant Closures: Legal Implications of Mass Layoffs
31st January 2025 The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal to close its long-steel plants in Newcastle and Vereeniging has sent shockwaves through the South African... →
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
By: Reuters 31st January 2025 South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its... →
Existing South African reforms set to lift growth to 3.5% by 2029, coal conference hears
By: Martin Creamer 30th January 2025 Existing economic reforms now in motion have the potential to lift South Africa’s economic growth rate to 3.5% a year by 2029, South Africa... →
