Cabinet defers decision on economic crisis plan . Cabinet has heard proposals from five ministerial clusters for a socio-economic rescue plan to steer South Africa through the economic fallout from the Covid-19 crisis but will meet again next week bef...

Dlamini-Zuma announces amendments to lockdown regulations . As South Africa enters its third week of the national lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), government has amended the disaster management regulations to begin a phased recovery...

DA uses salaries to donate R1.5m to Solidarity Fund . South Africa’s official opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) announced on Wednesday that it would donate R1.5-million to the Solidarity Fund to assist small businesses in distress during the c...

Security forces appear more dangerous than coronavirus – Political analyst . South Africa’s security forces have been found wanting during their deployment in trying to restore order in the country during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

In an exclusive interview with Pol...

Critical week ahead to measure impact of lockdown – Prof Abdool Karim . Professor Salim Abdool Karim, an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist working with government to fight Covid-19, says this coming week will provide some answers on whether the nationwide lo...

South Africa records 2 415 cases of Covid-19 . The South African Department of Health has on Tuesday confirmed that the country is at 2 415 confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) after 87 022 tests conducted.

A statement from the Health Minist...

SARB cuts rates in latest response to Covid-19 . South Africa's central bank on Tuesday cut interest rates by 100 basis points for the second time in three weeks, taking its key repo rate down to 4.25 percent in the latest move aimed at mitigating th...

Mboweni says he is talking to global finance institutions on SA funding needs . The National Treasury is talking to all international financial institutions as it explores ways of meeting South Africa's funding needs stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, finance minister Tito Mbowe...

Archbishop Makgoba urges South Africans to stay home . Archbishop Thabo Makgoba on Thursday wished South Africans well for the Easter Holidays and urged citizens to heed government’s call to stay home during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

In an exc...

World Bank warns of big South Africa GDP slump and first SSA recession in 25 years as Covid-19 bites . The World Bank is forecasting that gross domestic product (GDP) in South Africa could slump by between 6.9 percentage points and 8 percentage points in 2020 when compared with a base case that does not...