Projections from the National Treasury reveal that South Africa's government debt, currently standing at R5. 2 trillion, is ...

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

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects South Africa’s yearly economic growth rate to reach 1.8% by 2030, supported in large part by ongoing electricity and logistics reforms. In the outcome of ...

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 2024 growth actually was slower than we had projected earlier,” said Deniz Igan, division chief of the IMF Research ...

South Africa’s fiscal trajectory paints a concerning picture. Public expenditure exceeds revenue. As a result sovereign debt is building up and interest on this debt is increasing. This raises ...

Despite 2024 being mostly devoid of load shedding, South Africa’s economy isn’t expected to have done much better than when ...

Dar es Salaam. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said a modest investment of $25 billion annually in Africa’s renewable energy sector could increase electricity production by 20 percent.With ...

The IMF raised Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points compared to the projections for October 2024. The region’s growth is expected to reach 4.2% in 2025. Sub-Saharan Africa’s ...