Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter

Khulekani Magubane is a financial reporter for Business Times, covering Parliament and the political economy. He is also an author of several fiction books.

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Business warns of coalition perils

Business groups have sounded the alarm that any move by the ANC to enter a coalition with the EFF or MK Party would be anathema to the investor ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Central bank will stand firm in face of any political change, says Kganyago

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said the monetary policy committee was prepared to anchor the inflation-targeting policy even in the face of a ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Patel defends his trade policy record

Outgoing trade minister says criticism of protectionism measures is ‘misplaced and outdated’

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Heineken MD calls for tax relief to grow industry

The government must offer local wine producers tax relief if the country is to take advantage of favourable trade conditions.

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Investment group scoops Score Energy Drink maker in sweet deal

As investor interest increases in food and beverages companies, the Mineworkers Investment Company and Admaius Capital Partners, through Alterra ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Eskom wants Nersa to revise utility’s tariffs in run-up to new electricity ...

With the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill (ERA Bill) just a signature away from becoming law, Eskom has applied to the National Energy Regulator ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
All bets are off as gamblers roll the dice on poll results

While some will be watching this week’s election results trickle in from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) with fingers crossed that ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Rand strength tops watch list as MPC meets in election week

The MPC, which meets the day after the vote, is expected to keep interest rates unchanged

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Inflation inches downward

The data was released a week before the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee makes its next repo rate announcement.

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
South Africa’s trade policy ‘has saved various industries’: Patel

South Africa’s current trade policy saved various industries from decimation because of the apartheid government’s inward-looking approach to trade, ...