Consumer inflation hit a two-year high of 5% in June, firming bets on a SARB rate hike at Thursday’s MPC meeting

May’s 4.5% inflation print keeps a July rate hike possible, but easing oil prices and an Iran deal may give the SARB room to pause

Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into the politics of the moment: cost of living, Jacob Zuma, NSFAS – and Gwede’s fuel price gaffe

March CPI rose to 3.1%, within the SARB’s 3% target band, but the Iran conflict’s oil price shock is set to push April inflation sharply higher

Godongwana’s fuel relief buys policymakers breathing room, but economists warn the inflation risk isn’t gone – just deferred

The power utility has been ordered to release its coal and diesel contracts. It will shed welcome light on an institution long plagued by corruption

Treasury says it has no money to cushion South Africa’s fuel shock, as economists warn April’s petrol and diesel hikes will drive inflation higher

Would the government have the courage to slash the fuel price by 46% overnight, even if it slices the top layer off its tax revenue? Experts are sceptical – not least because…