Resources for high school Economics learners, linked to the CAPS curriculum. We have super content, frameworks to build-your-own-notes, data, interesting examples, and explainer videos.
It is like a voice note from the economy. Two short episodes a week to keep you informed.
Economics resources designed to explain difficult concepts clearly, build confidence, and help learners prepare for tests and exams at their own pace.
Term 1-4 with all the topics like you will cover them in class. We consolidate content from all the major prescribed books and then add the secret sauce.
The core of what you need to learn and a lot of other things to get you interested in the mother of the social sciences
If you “get it” in class, but struggle to study at home, the course has explainer videos for those hard-to-grasp concepts, figures, and graphs.
Catch up with what I am saying about the economy. It is about oil shocks, inflation, interest rates, the Budget, economic reforms and everything else.
Published 31 July 2026 · Latest rate 16.64 on 30 Jul · Last complete week 16.54 · Fair value 16.72 Where the rand stands The rand last traded at 16.64 on 30 July. The Digest works on averages rather than daily closes, so its figures are anchored on the last complete week — 20 to 24 July […]
Rand Dollar Digest Week ending 17 July 2026 · Spot 16.41 · Fair value 16.66 Where the rand stands The rand is trading at 16.41 to the dollar in the week just ended. Over June it averaged 16.40, and our fair-value model — a long-run relationship between the exchange rate and relative prices, money, activity […]
StatsSA published June’s inflation numbers yesterday, and the increase surprised economists. The inflation rate was 5% year-on-year and quite far from the 3% target. The increase was driven by fuel price increases in June. The prices of passenger transport services (taxis and buses) also increased in response to the high fuel prices. The category Housing […]
“The master-economist must poses a rare combination of gifts ... he (or she) must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher - in some degree.”
