Op-Ed & Analysis

South Africa’s R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund was launched as a targeted intervention to strengthen township and rural retail businesses, improve compliance, and support informal traders transitioning into the…

South Africa’s economic debate is entering a decisive new phase. Within the past 32 hours, the Institute of International Finance warned that rising geopolitical tensions and higher energy costs linked…

On May 13, 2026, the United States Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the 17th Chair of the Federal Reserve in a 54-45 vote, the most partisan confirmation of a Fed…

On the morning of Friday, May 8, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April Employment Situation report, the most closely watched economic data release in the world. The…

South Africa has bought itself a fiscal cushion. On 28 April 2026, the National Treasury and the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources jointly confirmed that the temporary fuel levy…

At the Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi on 23 April 2026, something significant was said out loud, and this time, with heads of state in the room. Aliko Dangote,…

The image circulating across social media is striking in its simplicity: a half-built rail corridor stamped with the word "CANCELLED." But what it represents is far more complex than a…

When President Cyril Ramaphosa touched down in Madrid on 16 April 2026, the visit carried a weight that went well beyond diplomatic protocol. Arriving directly off the back of South…

As the 2026 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings open today in Washington, D.C., running through April 18, the optics around Africa's position in the global financial system have shifted…

Let us be precise about what happened and in what order. On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran. They killed Iran's Supreme Leader.…