You may have heard that South Africa has been “downgraded”. Again? Yup. There are three major rating agencies in the world. These are the names you keep hearing in the news: S&P, Fitch and Moody’s. They all have different grades, with weird names like BB+, etc. What you need to know is that you’re either …
South Africa has been downgraded again. But what exactly is a “credit rating downgrade”? Read on as we break it down for you. 1.Governments borrow money by issuing bonds: The first thing to understand is that governments, like you and me, borrow money to fund shortfalls in their budgets. So if a country is not …
As the DA heads to its elective conference this weekend, we explain how the party went from aspiring to be one for all South Africans, which grew through clear focus and planning, to one which is bleeding votes.
The party made it clear at its previous policy conference and in its leadership choices that it is pandering to a conservative white base.
We’re all trying to be on the right side of so many issues these days, that it’s hard to know what to say.
A sheriff of the court has served eviction orders on a group of queer artists and activists who have occupied an Airbnb mansion in Camps Bay, to protest systemic exclusion. We summarise the story in two minutes.
Protest in SA has a powerful legacy, but the EFF is using it as a political ploy, says Samina Anwary.
