Reserve Bank again cuts repo rate as SA's economic outlook worsens . The Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee has voted to reduce the repo rate for the fourth time this year, from 4.25% to 3.75%.

As a result of the cut, the prime lending rate will fall to from 7.7...

Covid-19 projections show up to 13m cases by November, peak of 1m in August . Projections by a consortium of experts advising the government have been clarified to show that 12-million to 13-million Covid-19 cases could have cumulatively occurred in the country by November, of w...

Covid prevention a must at mines – gazette . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­­– Covid-19 prevention, mitigation and management programmes must be established at mines using the guideline gazetted by Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza on Tuesda...

Economists propose R100bn social bond to fund South Africa’s Covid fight . 82303_social-bond-theobald-covid19-economists-group_final-190520.pdf

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A group of economists is proposing that the South African government consider the issuance of an innovative ‘social bon...

Lockdown: Gauteng ready for Level 3, but it'll be up to NCCC – Makhura . While Gauteng Premier David Makhura says he believes his province is ready for Level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown, that decision will still be made by President Cyril Ramaphosa's National Coronavirus Com...

Ramaphosa meets with church leaders as country prepares to move to Level 3 of lockdown . President Cyril Ramaphosa is be taking part in a virtual meeting of faith leaders organised under the auspices of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) on Tuesday.

"The meeting, the first in a...

NPA’s about-turn to prosecute Jiba a victory – AfriForum . Civil rights organisation AfriForum said while it was a victory that the

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) would now prosecute former NPA head Nomgcobo Jiba, it was a pity that the decision came a...

Whole of Gauteng to move to Level 3 in June - Premier Makhura . Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the entire province will move to Level 3 of the lockdown at the beginning of June.

Makhura, who was answering questions during a virtual session of the Gauteng prov...

Nersa allows Eskom to claw back R13.3bn in tariffs . South African energy regulator Nersa said on Friday it will allow utility Eskom to recover R13.3-billion from customers for electricity supplied in the 2018/19 financial year, lower than what the state...

South Africans have a right to approach courts during lockdown – Ramaphosa . President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday stated that while government would prefer to avoid the need for any legal action against it, South Africans who are unhappy with government regulations guiding the n...