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We take a look at the average price of a kilogram of beef fillet per province per month and find that the Western Cape has by far the highest average price per kilogram of beef fillet than any of the other provinces in South Africa. And this trend has continued uninterrupted for the last 5 years.

We take a look at Kumbo Iron Ore (KIO) latest financial results and we believe the stock offers value, especially after iron ore prices shot up earlier in the year due to problems in Brazl for Vale where one of their tailing dams burst it banks and it lead to the suspension of iron ore mining by Vale at the site in question.

We take a look at the amount of money spent by South Africans on food only from Fast Food and Take-Away outlets per month over the last couple of years. And it is clear why companies such as Famous Brands and Spur Corporation are struggling

We take a look at the latest motor trade sales data as published by Statistics South Africa and find that South Africans are slowly warming up to the idea of rather buying used instead of new vehicles, as tough economic conditions starts to bite.

We take a look at an article placed on Statistics South Africa's website regarding the mining industry struggling in 2018. And with loadshedding part of our daily lives again, we suspect they will struggle even more during 2019.

We take a look at the interim financial results announced by industrial holdings group, KAP. While they do have a wide variety of assets in various sectors that might not have anything to do with one another, they do hold quality assets and is worth a punt at current prices.

We take a look at the latest set of financial results from Curro Holdings. The private schools group had 51 000 learners as at the end of 2018, and in 2019 expect to have 57 000 learners on their books. They also announced their maiden dividend today.

We take a look at the latest trading update from SPAR, and based on the numbers reported it looks like the group will buck the trend of local retailers whose share prices got hammered after releasing trading update. SPAR's numbers looks pretty good.

We take a look at the trading stats on the JSE for the week ending 1 February 2019 and find the JSE total market cap of all shares listed on the JSE is down a whopping 15.6% from R15.27 trillion a year ago to R12.927 trillion currently.

In this update we take a look at the latest trading update published by SASOL. And the market is not liking what SASOL has to say in their latest trading update. The price is down 5.9% since the updated trading statement.

We take a look at the budget allocation of South Africa's various national government departments.

We updated our Fiscal Policy page and we show that government has collected less in sin taxes from beer than what they would have expected to have collected during the 9 months for the 2018/2019 fiscal year for which data is available

Ever wondered how South Africa's manufacturing industry compares to that of the USA? From a size perspective obviously the US manufacturing industry is a lot bigger than that of South Africa's. But is the US manufacturing industry running at full speed? Or at half speed? And how does their use of total capacity compare to that of South Africa?

We take a look at AAPL's share price history since the start of 2018 and focus on what its moving averages are saying about the short to medium direction it shares might possibly take.

We compare the inflation rate of various snacks consumed in South Africa and find that Biltong has an inflation rate a lot higher than some of the other snacks such as savoury biscuits and chocolate slabs.

We take a look at the announcement made by Naspers and Multichoice regarding the unbundling of MultiChoice shares to Naspers shareholders. The group will be valued at around R94.8 billion or 21 largest share listed on the JSE.

We compare the inflation rate of white bread, brown bread and bread rolls over time in South Africa and find that bread rolls prices increase a lot faster than that of white and brown bread.

We take a look at the latest numbers from the Annual Financial Statistics (AFS) survey published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). In this article we will focus on the security costs as a percentage of total income earned by firms. Which industries or sub industries pays the highest percentage of total income earned on security?

In this article we take a look at the year on year inflation rates from January 2018 to October 2018 as published by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on a curved bar chart. Wondering if South Africa's inflation rate is increasing?

In this article we take a look at the different sectors in South Africa's economy and the growth of each sector over the last 20 years on a radar timeline chart. While the agricultural sector makes up a very small part of South Africa's overall GDP (around 2.5%) it is prone to severe swings in growth rates largely driven by the behaviour of mother nature.

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