This brief is a summary of the most recent decisions taken by the credit ratings agencies on South Africa's credit rating following the cabinet reshuffle in ...

Reflections on the Minimum Wage Bill

This brief considers the current status of the National Minimum Wage Bill, its limitations and whether its impact will achieve its intended purpose – to ...

September Production, Rates Of Profit And Loanable Funds

This Brief updates our understanding of the economy and how it has bounced back. It also considers trends in profitability since the beginning 2014, and ...

Service Delivery in South Africa at a Glance

Against the backdrop of recent discussions on service delivery in the Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality this brief will examine current reactions to service ...

Should The National Development Plan Be Revised?

National Development Plans are revised periodically, often at five year intervals. Although our 'National Development Plan 2030' (NDP) was launched in 2012, ...

Social Grants and Unemployment Insurance During The Lockdown

After reviewing the special government cash transfers to households in order to help them through the lockdown, this brief summarizes available information on ...

In this brief the concept of increasing social security is looked at as being complimentary rather than opposed to economic growth. The author argues that in ...

South Africa is in the middle of controversies relating to the SA Revenue Service, the Hawks, the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, the National Treasury, ...

The first brief in this series discussed the current view of the South African economy held by Moody’s rating agency. The next brief will set out the position ...

The first two briefs in this series discussed the views of the rating agencies, Moody’s and Fitch, on the South African economy. This is the final brief in ...