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Trade surplus widens to R20.5bn in August (opens the original)
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South Africa’s trade surplus widened slightly to R20.5bn in August from a downwardly revised R18bn in July (previously R20.1bn), the latest data from the revenue service shows. Exports decreased by 5.8% month-on-month to R181.8bn, but still outstripped imports, whose value dropped by 7.8% to R161.3bn, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) reported. The weaker exports were driven by lower sales of platinum group metals, gold and zinc ores and concentrates to the rest of the world. Besides mine
Reserve Bank’s MPC finally back at full strength (opens the original)
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The South African Reserve Bank has appointed economist Franz Ruch as an adviser to its governors and the seventh member of its monetary policy committee (MPC), a move that is likely to make for even more robust discussions at its bimonthly interest rate meetings. Ruch’s appointment, effective from Thursday, brings the MPC to full capacity for the first time since late 2018, just before Brian Kahn’s retirement in December that year. Since then, the resignations of other members have at times whit
Reserve Bank appoints Franz Ruch as seventh MPC member (opens the original)
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The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has appointed economist Franz Ruch as an adviser to its governors and the seventh member of its monetary policy committee (MPC) with effect from Thursday. The latest addition brings the MPC to full capacity for the first time since late 2018, just before Brian Kahn’s retirement in December that year brought it down to six members. Since then, the resignations of other members have at times whittled down the size of the committee to as low as five. In a state
SA tourist numbers rise 1.4% but Sadc visitors still dominate (opens the original)
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The number of visitors to South Africa rose by 1.4% to just more than a million between July and August, reflecting a 7.4% increase over the same month last year, Stats SA data showed on Wednesday. The report showed that the number of tourists was again dominated by visitors from neighbouring Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries who traditionally do not spend as much as their counterparts from overseas. Overseas tourists made up 203,376, or 20.2%, of the 1,005,286 visitors, wi
‘Price of conflict’: Wages slip while rising food prices hit poor households (opens the original)
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Rising inflation and higher interest rate hikes due to the war in the Middle East are eroding purchasing power, hitting wage earners’ discretionary spending and confidence, with take-home pay declining in August despite remaining above year-ago levels, according to PayInc’s latest net salary index. The national payments utility published the index on the same day that the latest affordability index of the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD) shows the average cost of the
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