Martin Bester spoke to Dawie Roodt, founder, director, and chief economist of the Efficient Group, about issues currently ...

The report reflects a Reserve Bank that is analytically sharp, globally attuned and deeply risk-averse. But caution may need ...

Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt has advice for South Africans who are stressing about their investments in the midst of local and global market chaos.

US imposes 30% tariffs on South African exports, threatening to slash economic growth by up to 0. 2%. Economists warn the ...

Economist Dawie Roodt says that politicians are celebrating passing a budget that hikes VAT and stealth taxes income earners, ...

Members of Parliament vote in favour of the 2025 budget. 194 MPs voted in favour while 182 voted against. According to Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist of the Efficient Group, there will be a rise in ...

The Vauxhall Corsa-e gained a larger 52kWh battery in 2024 with a boosted 251 miles of range. Vauxhall doesn’t explicitly quote its miles per kWh figures, but using that official 251 miles range ...

While our eyes will be glued to goings-on in the National Assembly, the real impact is on the rand in your pocket, the reliability of your local clinic and the size of your next salary.

Economist Dawie Roodt discusses South Africa's worsening fiscal crisis, emphasising the country's unsustainable debt levels, which now hover around 95% of GDP. He explains the ANC's failure to cut ...

In this episode of the BizNews Briefing we look at two sides of the collapsing Government of National Unity – ActionSA's Athol Trollip on why his party threw the ANC Budget a lifeline and economist ...

The true cost of your dishwasher, on both your wallet and the planet, will vary wildly depending on if you get an energy-efficient model or one that's wasteful. Our extensive dishwasher tests include ...

The rand has fallen nearly 1% against the US dollar as Parliament faces a critical Budget deadline. With GNU parties divided over proposed VAT increases and economists warning of dire consequences if ...