With the next budget date approaching fast, National Treasury is staring down the Laffer Curve, with tax hikes threatening to ...

FirstRand Ltd.’s profit rose 10% as South Africa’s biggest lender by market value boosted loans in its home market.

Lesotho, a small African kingdom, has unexpectedly found itself in the global spotlight after US President Donald Trump ...

FirstRand delivered a solid operational performance for the six months to 31 December 2024, continuing to deliver growth and superior returns for shareholders ...

While global attention is focused on US President Donald Trump’s policies toward Europe, China, and Russia, his impact on ...

Many presidents taking office have promised to bring government spending under control by cutting the size of government and eliminating waste, those being the Reagan, Clinton and Obama ...

Woolworths Holdings has announced a 28% cut to its interim dividend, citing increased macro-economic risks and challenges in ...

Aid’s deep unpopularity stems from the fact that people think it is a larger part of the budget than it really is — polls show Americans believe foreign aid is 25 per cent of the federal budget, when ...

I can’t say unbridled optimism, because of the unresolved problems that we continue to face in South Africa, but I am ...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from drastically cutting medical research funding that many ...

The South African government’s plans to raise value-added tax would scupper a nascent recovery in consumer spending, the ...

Millions of people to die as Trump cuts funding to Lesotho and South Africa, says it's a country no one has ever heard of- US ...