Send your budget tips to Pravin South Africa's Treasury is again inviting members of the public to give Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tips on how they want the country's money to be spent. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:57:42 +0100

JSE outperforms most markets in 2011 Comparing year-end values, South Africa's stock exchange showed little movement overall in 2011, but held firm - and in doing so was one of the better performers in a turbulent year for equities worldwide, Moneyweb reports. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:43:31 +0100

Household finances improving The decline in the number of civil judgments for debt shows household balance sheets are on the mend in South Africa, an Investec economist said on Friday. However, a substantial slowing in economic activity would slow this trend. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:08:40 +0100

Building confidence increased in 4Q2011 The FNB/BER building confidence index increased from 23 in 3Q2011 to 29 in 4Q2011, providing more evidence that the building sector is slowly beginning to recover, says Cees Bruggemans, chief economist of FNB. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:38:27 +0100

SA economy grows 1.4% South Africa's economy slightly expanded to a growth rate of 1.4% in the third quarter of 2011, Statistics SA said on Tuesday. This was up from 1.3% in the previous quarter, said Gerhardt Bouwer, executive manager national accounts at Stats SA in Pretoria. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:09:28 +0100