Aon South Africa’s 2025 Client Trends Report highlights how climate volatility is disrupting trade, supply chains, and key sectors like agriculture and transport. Businesses are urged to adopt resilient infrastructure, diversify supply chains, and use insurance and risk modelling to adapt.

Citadel’s Maarten Ackerman welcomes the SARB’s 25bps rate cut, calling it a prudent move in a weak growth, low inflation environment. He notes it signals confidence in inflation control and supports investors, while cautioning against short-term portfolio shifts.

The SARB cut rates by 25bps to 7.0% and shifted its inflation target focus to 3.0%, signalling a major policy change. Despite unchanged official targets, long-term forecasts were lowered, raising key questions about future rate paths and market impact.