Ntando Thukwana is a Senior Financial Journalist at various esteemed outlets. He specializes in finance, commodities, and trading, focusing on capital markets, economic policy, and the dynamics of both local and global economies. Ntando's insights and analyses have been featured in prominent publications including Business Insider South Africa, BNN Bloomberg, and Yahoo Finance.
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The Monetary Policy Committee will make its next rates decision on 23 September. By Ntando Thukwana, Bloomberg ·
South Africa’s economy is seen snapping its longest quarterly growth run in almost a decade as the war in Iran crimps domestic demand and key sectors accounting for almost a fifth of gross domestic product contract.
As second quarter of the year fully captures the fallout from the conflict in the Middle East.
South Africa’s economy snapped six quarters of growth in the three months to June as the fallout from the Iran war intensified and manufacturing and mining output contracted.
Gross domestic product shrank 0.2% in the three months through June, compared with revised growth of 0.4% in the prior quarter, Statistics South Africa said.
By: Ntando Thukwana
South Africa’s 3% inflation target can withstand a range of economic shocks as expectations have become better anchored and more forward-looking, the central bank said in a new study.
South Africa must enshrine its reform process in law to guarantee the momentum gained under President Cyril Ramaphosa endures after he leaves office, said the head of a key business lobby group.
The urgency is pressing. Data this week showed the economy contracted by a larger than anticipated 0.2% in the second quarter, snapping six quarters of consecutive growth.
South Africa’s current account slumped to a deficit in the second quarter as the nation’s trade surplus narrowed sharply and the value of imports increased more than that of exports amid fallout from the Iran war.
South Africa's terms of trade also deteriorated in the three months through June, hurt by the rand price of imports increasing more than that of exports.
