Report: Life in SA becoming unaffordable for majority

‘Almost two months ago, together with the president, the pledges that were made by BMW to open a new, highly technologically advanced plant were successful. That's almost R5 billion, and it has moved from being a pledge to a practical solution,’ says Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi.

With millions of people locked out of job opportunities, can Panyaza Lesufi turn Gauteng’s unemployment problems around? How smart home tech is reshaping daily life. And SA’s maths crisis is threatening young people’s futures.

‘Any price increase above inflation is bad for the economy… the prices of goods and services go up because businesses pass on these prices to the consumers, which means that the households are hit hard almost twice,’ says Professor Sampson Mamphweli, South African National Energy Development Institute.

How consumers are picking up the tab for Nersa’s expensive Eskom tariff mistakes. And why wealthy South Africans are looking offshore for more tax-efficient investment options.

‘Criminal syndicates have infiltrated many, many departments in government across the country at all levels. If this is the way that the proponents of corruption are going to treat those who are trying to fight it, they're going to become more brazen,’ says Wayne Duvenage, CEO, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse.