Continued cooling in the price of food and non-alcoholic beverages wasn’t enough to drive down the headline rate.

“In July, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) forecast that the global economy would grow by 3% in both 2023 and 2024."

About 2 500 people marched through the city’s streets, firing flares and holding up banners marking their opposition to the HHLA deal.

The flood, caused by Storm Daniel, swept entire neighbourhoods into the Mediterranean last Sunday at about 3am.

Maersk and CMA CGA believe that joint action will help accelerate the green transition in shipping.

Nersa has granted the Eskom subsidiary with licences to buy, sell and import electricity.

"We have to be careful not to replace the broken shackle of yesterday with a new set of shackles.” – Nigerian President Bola Tinubu

Ore throughput at PE's port has been affected by flooding from surging sea conditions that have hammered South Africa's coast since Sunday.

Growth has slowed down, with only a marginal 0.3% increase expected for the rest of 2023.

Food and beverage manufacturing contracted by 3.5% in July, pulling down overall output activity.

Ginger exports doubled year-on-year from the 2nd quarter in 2020 and growth was maintained in 2022.

The expected increase for diesel is 2 per litre.