A new Government of National Unity (GNU) has been in place since June 2024, which the markets have welcomed. The GNU faces difficult challenges: declining GDP per capita, high unemployment, poverty ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with South Africa.

The economy returned to stagnation as 2024 drew to a close, a blow to its hopes for a recovery as it braces for the possibility that Trump will deliver a long-threatened increase in tariffs.