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Tuesday 13 August 2024
- Electricity consumes almost half of monthly old-age grant
- 350kWh of electricity increased by R136 in July
- The old-age grant rose by R90 to R2,180 a month
Tuesday 13 August 2024
- MTN’s shares fall from R140 to R83 in the past year
- Nigerian subsidiary’s performance hit hard by naira devaluation
- MTN drops to a low of R72.70 on 6 August, before ticking upward
Monday 12 August 2024
- SA’s gambling industry generated record R47.2bn in 2022/23
- Betting accounted for R24bn, outperforming casinos
- Online betting boosted by Covid-related lockdowns
Monday 12 August 2024
- Money on sports bets increased by 80% in one year
- R418-billion worth of sports bets were placed last year
- Betway, Hollywoodbets remain SA’s online betting giants
Monday 12 August 2024
- Betting accounts for half of last year’s R47.3bn revenue
- Online betting has become dominant form of gambling in SA
- Casinos made just 37% of the total revenue in 2022/23
Monday 12 August 2024
- Online betting is pushing up gambling addiction in SA
- More people asking to be banned from platforms, casinos
- 2,300 people referred by Responsible Gambling for treatment
Thursday 8 August 2024
- In May 2024 Kenyans received $400-million from family members abroad
- Remittances are spent on household goods, food and land investments
- In 2023 remittances accounted for almost 4% of Kenya’s GDP
Wednesday 7 August 2024
- Brent crude price stabilised since spike caused by Ukraine war
- In August 2024, Brent crude was trading around $84 per barrel
- The previous high was $116 per barrel in July 2022
Monday 5 August 2024
- Maize makes up one-fifth of the average diet in Southern Africa
- El Niño has caused a devastating decline in maize production
- Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe declared states of disaster
Monday 5 August 2024
- El Niño-driven drought has hit Southern Africa maize production
- Zimbabwe expects to produce 55% less maize this year
- Zimbabwe imported half of SA’s regional maize export in two months
Monday 5 August 2024
- South Africa is biggest maize producer in southern Africa
- Crop yields in South Africa are expected to drop by 18%
- High-demand white maize yields to drop by 2.2m tonnes
Monday 5 August 2024
- SA’s maize crop yields projected to drop by almost one-fifth
- Yields in North West are expected to halve after hot, dry summer
- SA’s farming practices have offered some protection from drought
Monday 5 August 2024
- Cost of 2.5kg bag of maize meal has risen by 44% in two years
- A 5kg bag of maize meal is more expensive than ever at R71.21
- Maize crop yields in South Africa are under pressure
Monday 5 August 2024
- El Niño conditions have halved maize harvests in southern Africa
- Three countries have declared states of disaster
- Zambia reports ‘total crop failure’ in 2024
Thursday 1 August 2024
- International remittances using mobile money reached $29-billion in 2023
- The amount of money transferred has grown by 262% in four years
- West Africa is driving growth in international remittances
Tuesday 30 July 2024
- 169 of world’s 310 mobile money service providers are in Africa
- M-Pesa has 66.2-million customers in six countries
- MTN’s Momo has 72.5-million customers in 16 countries
Tuesday 30 July 2024
- Sub-Saharan Africa recorded two-thirds of world’s mobile money transactions
- About 62-billion transactions were recorded in the region in 2023
- Majority (61%) of transactions in Africa were made in East Africa
Tuesday 30 July 2024
- An estimated 1.4-billion people worldwide are unbanked
- Half of world’s mobile money account holders are in Sub-Saharan Africa
- The region has been leading the sector since 2013
Monday 29 July 2024
- 8.4-million withdrawals from FNB made via phones in 6 months
- This is an increase from 6-million two years ago
- Money can be withdrawn at ATMs and selected Spar shops
Monday 29 July 2024
- Standard Bank customers spent R9.3-billion using their digital wallets
- Apple Pay was used in 86% of the transactions
- Spending using digital wallets increased 57.6% from 5.9-billion last year
Friday 26 July 2024
- New cars prices were almost 5% higher in first quarter of 2024 than in Q1 2023
- Average car loan was R391,000 in first quarter of 2024
- Sales have declined by 13,000 (7%) to 161,000 since last year
Wednesday 17 July 2024
- FNB clients did 80m transactions on smart devices in 6 months
- This is eight times the amount over the same period in 2021
- Transactions totalled R31bn, or R388 per transaction
Monday 15 July 2024
- 161,000 new cars sold in first 6 months of 2024
- About 174,000 were sold in same time period last year
- Rising costs of vehicles are contributing to the decline
Monday 15 July 2024
- Fewer than 1% of vehicles are electric in South Africa
- The global average is 18%, with Norway topping 90%
- South Africa has relatively few public charging stations
Monday 15 July 2024
- Traditional hybrids see significant growth in South Africa
- Fully electric and plug-in hybrids remain less popular
- Toyota Corolla Cross hybrid is among the most popular
Friday 12 July 2024
- Diamond production in South Africa is at a 10-year low
- Closure of Venetia diamond mine has led to the drop
- De Beers is transitioning Venetia to underground to extend its life
Thursday 11 July 2024
- SA is the second-biggest citrus exporter after Spain
- South African citrus made up 12% of global exports in 2022
- A fungal disease threatens SA’s position as citrus exporter
Thursday 4 July 2024
- 100 continuous days without loadshedding this year
- 2023 had 335 days with outages, the worst year yet
- 2024 has had 83 days of loadshedding so far
Wednesday 3 July 2024
- Global demand is growing for SA avocados
- Exports increased by 63% in the past decade
- New markets opening up, including top 10 importer Japan
Monday 1 July 2024
- Table Mountain National Park attracts 2.8-million visitors in 2023
- Almost 1-million people took trips on the mountain’s aerial cableway
- A record 3.46-million visitors visited the iconic landmark in 2017
Wednesday 26 June 2024
- Transnet transported 58m fewer tonnes in 2023 than in 2013
- Railway capacity issues threaten coal export sale
- South Africa is one of world’s largest coal exporters
Wednesday 19 June 2024
- South Africa’s employee engagement is 29%, above global average (23%)
- 11.7% are miserable, seeking new job. This is below global average (15%)
- High engagement leads to lower absenteeism, increased productivity
Monday 17 June 2024
- There are 89 cellphones for every 100 people in Sub-Saharan Africa
- With 167 phones per 100 people, South Africa is well above global average of 108
- Only 36% of people in Africa use the internet. World average is 63%
Friday 14 June 2024
- SA lowest unemployment rate: 16.2% in 1995
- Unemployment rate has remained above 30% since third quarter of 2020
- 30 years: Stats SA developed 3 surveys to collect unemployment data
Wednesday 12 June 2024
- 28-million people receive grants in 2024 – up from 2.5-million in 1996
- 13.2-million children benefit from the child support grant
- A pandemic relief grant introduced in 2020 extended to 2025
Monday 3 June 2024
- Anglo American employs almost 60,000 people globally
- South Africa makes up 60% of its workforce
- The miner is now focusing on renewable energy metals
Tuesday 28 May 2024
- Companies listed on South Africa’s JSE at 30-year low
- Listings peaked at 669 in 1998, but now at 294
- JSE introducing reforms in attempt to offset losses
Friday 24 May 2024
- Durban docking numbers hold steady despite increase in traffic
- Wait time at SA’s busiest port is at least 4 days
- Its container terminal has not been upgraded since 1963
Wednesday 22 May 2024
- Price of peanut butter has risen by 19% in a year
- Hike driven by local and global shortage of peanuts
- SA farmers are planting beans over peanut crops
Monday 20 May 2024
- Shell says it plans to sell South African downstream assets
- These include 591 fuel stations and its Durban refinery
- The group retains rights to explore Wild Coast and Karoo
Thursday 16 May 2024
- Cable theft is escalating to new highs in Joburg
- City Power calls in military assistance due to sophisticated criminals
- Cable theft prolongs power outages, damages costly infrastructure
Wednesday 15 May 2024
- Commercial ships are bypassing Durban because of congestion
- Ships waited an average of 4 days to dock in Durban in April
- Average wait time in Mombasa and Pointe Noire is under 2 days
Thursday 9 May 2024
- Red Sea crisis is rerouting cargo ships around Africa
- Number of ships round the Cape is almost double
- South Africa is not benefiting from the surge in traffic
Tuesday 7 May 2024
- South Africa sold 1,080 electric vehicles last year
- The UK sold more than 450,000
- China sold the most electric vehicles, 8.1-million
Friday 19 April 2024
- Credit applications are increasing despite repayment struggles
- The rate of approval has declined significantly
- The number of consumers in arrears has tripled since 2007
Tuesday 16 April 2024
- One-third of SA’s 27-million credit holders can’t repay debt
- 10-million are +3 months behind, adversely listed or facing judgments
- Despite the challenges, appetite for credit is increasing
Tuesday 16 April 2024
- 27-million South Africans have credit, up from 16.8-million in 2007
- Mortgages make up just over half of the country’s R2.3-trillion debt
- Banks provide 80% of consumer credit
Thursday 11 April 2024
- In 2015, Gautrain made 50% more passenger trips than now
- 7-million trips were made between April 2022 and March 2023
- Trip numbers fell to 2.6-million during the Covid-19 pandemic
Tuesday 9 April 2024
- SA’s power utility lost 32% of its capacity to breakdowns in 2023
- It’s the most energy lost to breakdowns in 14 years
- Unprotected strikes and operational issues contributed to capacity loss
Friday 5 April 2024
- Cocoa thrives in equatorial regions with high rainfall
- 70% of the world’s cocoa is from West Africa
- Indonesia and the Philippines produce half the world’s coconuts
Thursday 4 April 2024
- Cocoa prices are skyrocketing due to limited production in west Africa
- Bad weather and illegal mining are exacerbating production challenges
- Cocoa futures have doubled since January, reaching $9,000/tonne
Friday 22 March 2024
- Shoprite’s workforce exceeds 150,000, second only to government
- Sixty60 and Pick n Pay’s ASAP have over 4-million downloads each
- Sixty60 covers 505 locations, ASAP 400
Wednesday 20 March 2024
- Shoprite’s annual revenue in 2023: R215-billion
- Pick n Pay made R109.3-billion the same year
- Shoprite achieved R10-billion in revenue every 15 days in 2023
Wednesday 20 March 2024
- Shoprite grew from 1,581 to 3,543 stores between 2014-2023
- The majority of Shoprite’s stores are in South Africa
- Shoprite operates in 10 African countries, mostly in southern/eastern Africa
Thursday 15 February 2024
- Cocoa prices have risen by 68% in the past year due to extreme weather in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
- Extreme weather in West Africa damaged the cocoa harvest, affecting global supply
Wednesday 7 February 2024
- The minimum wage is just over R4,000 per month
- Taxi travel can cost R1,600 per month
- Electricity costs another R900
Friday 2 February 2024
- 85% of 1,310 Nersa-registered projects are under 1MW
- Agriculture and real estate businesses lead <1MW installations
- Solar dominates <1MW installations, except in 4 projects
Thursday 1 February 2024
- 1,310 energy projects registered with Nersa between 2018 and 2023
- 85% of projects under 1MW serve businesses and farms
Monday 11 December 2023
- Eskom needs to add 14,218km of transmission lines
- It has a 9-year deadline
- Eskom took 15 years to install 7,200km of transmission lines
Wednesday 6 December 2023
- 6,800 hours of loadshedding in 2023 so far
- Most of the year has been under stage 4
- 1,060 hours of stage 6, five times that of 2022
Monday 4 December 2023
- China loaned African countries $170-billion over 20 years, primarily to develop infrastructure
- The transport sector received R49-billion, some of which was spent on SA’s locomotives
- The biggest portion went to the energy sector, although no new projects have been added since 2020
Wednesday 29 November 2023
- Almost 60% of SA grant recipients who have bank accounts depend on private institutions to deliver their money
- State-owned Postbank administers payments, but its service is unreliable
- Postbank lost 1.8-million customers in the past year, while Capitec grew its grantee customer base by 54%
Tuesday 14 November 2023
- 712 fully electric vehicles were sold in SA in the first nine months of 2023
- 502 electric vehicles were sold in the whole of 2022
- Volvos and BMWs are among the most popular electric vehicle choices for South Africans
Wednesday 8 November 2023
- 15% increase in food poverty line is the biggest in the past decade
- Monthly child grants are more than 30% less than the cost of a minimum nutritional diet
- Rocketing food costs push the poverty line up by almost R100/month
Tuesday 7 November 2023
- It was 20% more expensive to buy eggs in October than in September
- There are fewer eggs available in stores after 1 in 5 egg-laying hens died because of avian flu
Wednesday 11 October 2023
- More than half of Africa’s 138,000 dollar millionaires live in just 5 countries
- The richest man in Africa is Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, who has a net worth of $13.5-billion
- Joburg is home to 14,600 dollar millionaires, the most of any African city
Thursday 28 September 2023
- In 2022/3, the government spent more money servicing its debt than it paid for health services
- Over the next 3 years, the government will spend R1.1-trillion to pay off the interest and part of its debt
- 14% of its total budget of R2.17-trillion was allocated in 2022/3 on servicing its R4.7-trillion debt
Tuesday 26 September 2023
- Chinese exports of solar panels account for 80% of the global market
- Exports to Africa increased by 187% in the first half of 2023 compared with the same period last year
- South Africa has imported panels equivalent to 3.7GW in 7 months
Wednesday 20 September 2023
- The South African government’s total debt is R4.7-trillion
- Debt increased by R792-billion in the 2 years after the Covid pandemic
- Factors such as loadshedding and the failure of state-owned companies are adding to the burden
Wednesday 20 September 2023
- There was a slight uptick in inflation from 4.7% in July to 4.8% in August after slowing for four consecutive months
- Sugar, sweets and deserts increased by 18.5% between August 2023 and 2022
- The price of cooking oil decreased by 13.6%
Thursday 14 September 2023
- Women make up 35% of board members in the JSE’s Top 40 companies
- One quarter of senior executive positions are held by women
- Only 1 company has gender parity or better at both board and executive level
Saturday 26 August 2023
- Ethiopia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Argentina have been invited to join Brics.
- If they all accept the invitation, Brics will expand from 5 to 11 members from 1 January 2024.
Friday 11 August 2023
- Around 500,000 people in Cape Town rely on minibus taxis to get to work or school
- The SA National Taxi Council brought the city to a halt in an 8-day protest, which severely affected transport services
Thursday 10 August 2023
- Eskom is spending an average of R3-billion a month on running its open-cycle gas turbines
- The turbines, which run off diesel, are meant to be used in emergencies and peak periods
- The power utility doubled its diesel bill between its 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years
Friday 4 August 2023
- South Africa produces the most beer in Africa
- China produces the most beer in the world
- Of the 189-billion litres made last year, a fifth of it was in China
Wednesday 2 August 2023
- The average cost for our basket of 12 staple items in July was R480, which is slightly cheaper than last month
- Based on our basket, there’s a price difference of R84 between the most expensive and the cheapest retailers
- The price of sunflower oil is one of the main reasons for this
Monday 31 July 2023
- After withdrawing from the Black Sea Grain Initiative on 17 July, Russia offered 6 African countries free grain
- African leaders, including SA president Cyril Ramaphosa, say they would prefer the deal be reinstated
Friday 28 July 2023
- Nigeria’s petrol price more than doubled after it scrapped its fuel subsidy
- Despite this, its fuel price remains one of the lowest in Africa
Wednesday 12 July 2023
- A 2.5kg of Selati white sugar now costs R70 at some stores
- The average price of sugar has increased by 18% since June 2022
- In June 2022, the average price of a 2kg bag of Selati white sugar was R52.74
Tuesday 11 July 2023
- In 2022 half of the world’s diamonds were mined in Africa
- Botswana is the second-biggest diamond producer. The Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa are also in the top five
- Russia produces the most diamonds by volume but the value of Botswana’s diamond output is higher. In 2022 it was worth $4.7-billion; Russia’s was $3.5-billion
Wednesday 5 July 2023
- In July 2022, the average price of a 2-litre bottle of sunflower oil was R115.74 between four stores – Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Checkers and Spar
- A year later, the average price is R83.24, a decrease of more than 28%
- Russia and Ukraine are the two largest producers of sunflower in the world and the invasion of Ukraine pushed up prices in early 2022
Tuesday 4 July 2023
- We’ve added spaghetti, peanut butter, oats and tea to our monthly grocery basket
- The price of sugar has increased by 18% on average since June 2022
- The sunflower oil price has stabilised after a tumultuous 2022