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EST. 2026 · JOHANNESBURG
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Lesetja Kganyago and Gill Marcus in front of the South African Reserve Bank, illustrating South Africa's inflation and interest-rate debate.
Economics

From Maize to the Fed: What Really Sets South African Interest Rates?

The Ledger traces South African inflation from farms to fuel, the rand, the Federal Reserve and the SARB's new 3% inflation target.

El Niño climate risk flowing from the Pacific through South African maize agriculture into food prices and financial risk.
Agri Finance

When Rainfall Becomes Credit Risk

What four decades of El Niño reveal about South African agriculture, food prices, retailers, farmer cash flow and agricultural credit risk.

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