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Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank speaks during an interview on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 25 February 2025. Reuters/Nic Bothma

Climate Change

No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty

Kopano Gumbi and Andy Bruce 27 Feb 2025

Stats SA updates its inflation basket

Retail

Stats SA updates its inflation basket

Kopano Gumbi 29 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South Africa shifts to FDI outflows in third quarter, central bank says

Kopano Gumbi 13 Dec 2024

Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work offered by passing motorists in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 November 2023. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo

HR & Management

SA unemployment rate falls for first time in a year

Kopano Gumbi and Tannur Anders 12 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa sees wider deficits, higher debt in budget review

Kopano Gumbi, Tannur Anders and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 31 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa says reform agenda in progress after Fitch affirms ratings

Kopano Gumbi 17 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

European, Southern African development banks to lend extra $220m to clean energy projects

Kopano Gumbi 16 Sep 2024

Reporting by Kopano Gumbi; additional reporting by Bhargav Acharya; editing by Alexander Winning and Giles Elgood

Youth Employment

South Africa's unemployment rate climbs for third quarter in a row

Kopano Gumbi 13 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

#SARBMPC: South African central bank holds key rate, citing inflation risks

Kopano Gumbi 27 Mar 2024

Children walk past a vegetable stall in Soweto 23 July 2015. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/file photo

Import/Export

SA current account deficit widens sharply in Q4

Kopano Gumbi 7 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa narrowly avoids technical recession in Q4

Kopano Gumbi and Sfundo Parakozov 5 Mar 2024

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Kopano Gumbi 27 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South African central bank deputy governor Naidoo asks to resign - presidency

Kopano Gumbi 25 Oct 2023

Central bank holds key rate in expected move

Economy

Central bank holds key rate in expected move

21 Sep 2023

Economy

South Africa current account deficit widens in second quarter

Kopano Gumbi 8 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Brics payment system would not replace SWIFT -SA finance minister

Kopano Gumbi 28 Aug 2023

File photo: Casual workers display posters advertising their skills at an intersection in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1 October 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

HR & Management

Unemployment rate dips in Q2

15 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

South Africa inflation seen falling within range by Q3 -central bank governor

Kopano Gumbi 5 Jul 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment rate rises amid power crisis

Kopano Gumbi and Bhargav Acharya 16 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South Africa targets $111bn investment goal in tough investor climate

Kopano Gumbi and Tannur Anders 14 Apr 2023

Government revokes 'state of disaster' over power crisis

Energy

Government revokes 'state of disaster' over power crisis

Kopano Gumbi 5 Apr 2023

Taxation & Regulation

South Africa collects $94bn in taxes in 2022/23 fiscal year

Kopano Gumbi 3 Apr 2023

Explainer - How will the 'state of disaster' resolve the power crisis?

Energy

Explainer - How will the 'state of disaster' resolve the power crisis?

Carien du Plessis and Kopano Gumbi 13 Feb 2023

Power cuts leave fruit farmers in despair

Agro-processing

Power cuts leave fruit farmers in despair

Wendell Roelf and Kopano Gumbi 26 Jan 2023

Eskom's debt plan raises hopes for investors facing long wait for relief

Energy

Eskom's debt plan raises hopes for investors facing long wait for relief

Rachel Savage and Kopano Gumbi 26 Jan 2023

Nersa approves 18.65% power price hike for Eskom

Energy

Nersa approves 18.65% power price hike for Eskom

Bhargav Acharya and Kopano Gumbi 13 Jan 2023

Government to take on Eskom debt in staggered way

Energy

Government to take on Eskom debt in staggered way

Kopano Gumbi and Rachel Savage 12 Jan 2023

Search for new Eskom CEO begins

Energy

Search for new Eskom CEO begins

Anait Miridzhanian and Kopano Gumbi 15 Dec 2022

#BestofBiz 2022: Energy & Mining

Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2022: Energy & Mining

12 Dec 2022

Economy

South African economy bigger than pre-Covid after Q3 surprise

Kopano Gumbi 7 Dec 2022

Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work offered by passing motorists in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 March 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment rate dips in Q3

Kopano Gumbi 29 Nov 2022

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Railway

Transnet workers go on strike

Kopano Gumbi and Nelson Banya 6 Oct 2022

Cabinet appoints new Eskom board after record load shedding

Energy

Cabinet appoints new Eskom board after record load shedding

Alexander Winning and Kopano Gumbi 3 Oct 2022