South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 33.2% in Second Quarter of 2025
South Africa’s official unemployment rate has edged higher to 33.2 per cent in the second quarter ...
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Gold Prices Surge to Record High as United States Considers Tariffs on Kilogram Gold Bars
Gold prices reached unprecedented levels on Friday morning in London following reports that the United States ...
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Global Economy Faces $39 Trillion Risk from Wetland Loss, Warns Ramsar Convention Report
The world stands to lose an estimated 39 trillion US dollars from the unchecked degradation of ...
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BRICS Criticises Tariffs and Global Tensions in Indirect Rebuke of Trump
World leaders from the BRICS coalition convened in Rio de Janeiro for the 17th annual summit, ...
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China and U.S. Resume Trade Talks in London as Strategic Tensions Persist
Trade representatives from China and the United States reconvened in London on Monday for a new ...
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South African Reserve Bank Lowers Repo Rate to 7.25%
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has reduced its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points ...
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World Bank Meetings Conclude with Economic Foreboding as Tariff Questions Linger
The recent Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington ...
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Angola’s Oil Export Revenues Fall by 18 Percent in First Quarter of 2025
Angola’s crude oil export revenues fell sharply in the first quarter of 2025, according to official ...
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Analysis – South Africa Investors Face Global Growth Storm Clouds After Choppy Politics
Investors have flocked to South Africa's domestic bond markets, betting the country can stay the course ...
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Bullion Run: Goldman Eyes $4,000 Gold as Markets Go for Glitter Over Gloom
Goldman Sachs and UBS have revised their projections for gold prices sharply upward, underscoring the intensifying ...
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