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Publications


Dr Roelof Botha, joint managing director of GOPA Group SA, regularly authors articles on relevant macroeconomic trends and topics. The following publications represent monthly overviews of the most topical issues in the South African economy.

2022

Notes on the 4th Industrial Revolution (December 2022)
Further rise in jobs (December 2022)
Rampant Wholesale sector (November 2022)
US dollar strength waning (November 2022)
Moody's & Eskom (November 2022)
Food Security (October 2022)
Monetary policy off track (October 2022)
Mining sector to aid Eskom (September 2022)
Employment growth (August 2022)
Building construction (August 2022)
Shipping costs (July 2022)
Consumers under pressure (July 2022)
Balance of payments (July 2022)
Tourism recovery (June 2022)
Manufacturing record (May 2022)
Investment Conference (April 2022)
Ukraine War (March 2022)
SONA 2022 provides hope (February 2022)
Capital market cheer (January 2022)

2021

Solid 3rd Quarter GDP growth (December 2021)
Black Friday retail bonanza (November 2021)
Tourism recovery (November 2021)
Record trade surplus (Oktober 2021)
Shift in household spending (September 2021)
GDP recovers from Covid (September 2021)
Record exports (August 2021)
Reflections on the July riots (July 2021)
Upward phase of the super-cycle intact (July 2021)
Lessons from the US (July 2021)
Higher inflation (June 2021)
Labour market contradictions (June 2021)
Trade surplus balloons (May 2021)
Mineral sales keep rising (April 2021)
Land reform - approach with caution (March 2021)
Construction sector recovers (March 2021)
Good news in Q4 GDP (March 2021)
Budget reflects recovery (February 2021)
Business confidence rises (February 2021)
Platinum shines bright (February 2021)
JSE surges ahead (January 2021)

2020

3rd Quarter GDP provides some cheer (December 2020)
Rand recovery - where to next? (December 2020)
What a difference a vaccine makes! (November 2020)
Mini-budget strikes a good balance (October 2020)
Recovery plan fundamentally sound (October 2020)
Making sense of the GDP data (September 2020)
Lockdown easing will ramp up recovery (August 2020)
IMF lends a generous hand (July 2020)
Emerging market currencies bounce back (June 2020)
Focus shifts to economic recovery (May 2020)
Light in the lockdown-tunnel (March 2020)
Corona virus causes havoc (February 2020)
Rand recovers, gold shines (January 2020)

2019

Monetary policy thwarting growth (December 2019)
Growth strategy becomes urgent (November 2019)
Successful Eurobond issue (October 2019)
New Economic Growth Plan (September 2019)
Emerging markets take a hit (August 2019)
Economy recovers in Q2 (July 2019)
Electoral support for reforms (June 2019)
Divergence between SA's Provinces (May 2019)
Three cheers for Moody's! (April 2019)
Budget delivers dividends (March 2019)
Trade surplus boosts rand (Feb 2019)
Inflation on the way down (Jan 2019)

2018

Monetary policy stifles growth (Nov 2018)
Unimaginative Mini-Budget (Oct 2018)
Rand likely to recover (Sept 2018)
Pound recovering from Brexit (Aug 2018)
Progress with FDI (July 2018)
SA economy still alive (June 2018)


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