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The South African economy

Rates, the rand, prices, jobs and growth — live where the source is live, every figure with its official source and the period it covers.

Rand per US dollar · ECB reference rateR16.56▼ 5.2% over 1y

Business activity

From Business.co.za itself: owners listing their businesses, where the 10 060 businesses are, and what the business press is covering.

Businesses listed by their owners, each monthlast 12 months
2025-11: 22025-12: 92026-01: 42026-02: 52026-03: 32026-04: 72026-05: 32026-06: 52026-07: 52026-08: 112026-09: 82026-10: 2
11 2025-11 → 2026-10
Where the businesses areby province
  • Gauteng4 393
  • Western Cape2 301
  • KwaZulu-Natal682
  • Eastern Cape222
  • Mpumalanga100
  • Limpopo100
  • Free State96
  • North West91
  • Northern Cape33
Industries in the news this weekHow we count →
Energy 21 ↑ 6.8×Cybersecurity 13 ↑ 4.2×Cars 12 ↑ 3.9×Shocks 7 ↑ 4.5×Security 19 ↑ 3.1×Transport 6 ↑ 3.9×Distribution 6 ↑ 3.9×Fashion 6 ↑ 3.9×Banking 9 ↑ 2.9×Education 9 ↑ 2.9×

Sources

Policy rates: South African Reserve Bank. Inflation, unemployment, GDP: Stats SA. Fuel: Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Daily exchange rates: European Central Bank reference rates via Frankfurter; live rand figures: ExchangeRate-API. Yearly series: World Bank Open Data. Business activity: Business.co.za’s own directory and news index.