August CPI edges lower from July’s record-high of 7.8%

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Augustus Consulting

Nokukhanya Mntambo, Eyewitness News, 21 September 2022

The country’s annual consumer price index has dropped slighly to 7.6% for August from a 13-year-high of 7.8 percent in July. Read More

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Another drop in petrol price expected in October but diesel to increase- AA

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Augustus Consulting

Ray White, Eyewitness News, 16 September 2022

The Automobile Association (AA) says petrol users could see another sizable reduction in prices at the pumps next month. Read More

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SA’s 0.7% GDP decline means possible job, wage cuts on horizon

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Augustus Consulting

Inna Opperman, The Citizen, 6 September 2022

The new gross domestic product (GDP) data is not good news for consumers, with the latest fall in real GDP meaning that the size of South Africa’s economy in the second quarter was smaller than what it was before the pandemic. Read More

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Govt needs to do more to mitigate rising fuel costs- AA

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Augustus Consulting

Ray White, Eyewitness News, 5 September 2022

While significant relief is in sight, at last for commuters, with fuel price decreases expected to be announced shortly, government has again been called on to do more. Read More

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Increased chicken dumping expected, to the detriment of local industry

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Augustus Consulting

The Citizen, 2 September 2022

The poultry industry expects to see an increase in dumped imported chicken, particularly from Brazil, within the next few months after receiving a “licence” to continue their dumping from Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel. Read More

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No job, no food: Too soon to celebrate lower unemployment rate

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Augustus Consulting

The Citizen, 30 August 2022

The recent announcement that SA’s unemployment rate declined in the quarter to June 2022 was met with relief and a note of optimism. Read More

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