The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) continued to decline in the third quarter of the year after turning from a three-year peak at the start of the year.
Although only marginal, the index still slipped further by one point to 39 following a five-point decline in the second quarter of 2025.
This is three points below the long-term average level of 42, and implies that just over 60% of respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions.
According to the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), the underlying…
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Blinker
Y\’know, I could have sworn South Africa had apartheid.
Is this the Mandela Effect?
Greek Rifle
Archeologists in South Africa have just discoved what they think is the oldest tampon ever found
They are trying to find out what period it came from.