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
Africa-Caribbean a dream tag team for a prosperous future: former leaders

Africa and the Caribbean must aggressively pursue deepened trade ties to unlock nascent growth and development

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
Investors hold back over political uncertainty

The decline in gross fixed capital formation for the first quarter of the year means investors are holding onto their money as they cautiously watch ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
South Africa now a kidnapping hotspot

South Africa is fast becoming one of the world’s kidnap-for-ransom hotspots, now ranked sixth globally based on the increasing prevalence of such ...

Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter
SA’s GDP slips as manufacturing, mining dither

Statistics South Africa has announced South Africa’s GDP decreased by 0.1% in the first quarter of this year, with decreases in the manufacturing ...

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Outgoing trade minister says criticism of protectionism measures is ‘misplaced and outdated’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