Bizskoops - 18 June 2026

On this week’s Bizskoops: South Africa’s annual consumer price inflation rose to 4.5% in May, while the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources says the country’s long-delayed national mining cadastre should be operational by the end of March next year. Professor Waldo Krugell discusses the impact that fuel price increases over the past two months may have on consumer spending. In international business news, the United Kingdom and Japan have announced a multi-billion-pound investment agreement aimed at boosting economic growth and creating tens of thousands of jobs. On the local front, investor expectations for further interest-rate hikes in South Africa have eased, and we continue our conversation with Erica Liebenberg of JustMoney, who shares practical tips on how young people can earn an income by working online.