About: Lwazi Makama

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago has warned that nationalising the Reserve Bank could have dire consequences for the rand and the country’s economy. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Kganyago said "that central cause of Turkey’s financial crisis – which has fed fears it would...

Policy makers and researchers agree that a thriving SMME sector is the key to job creation in this country, but accessing finance, particularly in the early stage of a business, is very difficult. With the National Development Plan predicting that by 2030 SMMEs will generate 90% of the 11 million new jobs aimed for, the future...

The increase to fuel prices in July marked the fourth straight month in 2018 that these prices increased. And while the outlook looks positive for a small decrease in August, the fuel price remains under pressure off record highs in 2018, says the Automobile...

Consumers have shown confidence that there will be a turn around in the economy in the next 12 months,  the Consumer confidence index shows that the amount of spending and saving in the country has not changed but has increased. Confidence across the different household...