SARB announces new liquidity measures to support banks . The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced of raft of emergency liquidity measures on Friday, including a lower rate for commercial banks to borrow money from the SARB, in a bid to ease the stress...

SA labour department uses UIF to help companies hit by Covid-19 . The department of labour will soon formally publish special regulations offering Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) relief to companies that find themselves in distress due to the Covid-19 outbreak in S...

S Africa's coronavirus cases rise to 202 . Positive cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in South Africa have increased to 202, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.

He said the Free State province had also reported its first posi...

NCOP officially dissolves the Tshwane metro . The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has dissolved the Tshwane metro.

On Thursday, the NCOP approved the recommendations of the Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs...

SARB delivers 100 bps rate cut to fight coronavirus fallout . The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) cut its main lending rate by 100 basis points (bps) to 5.25% on Thursday in a unanimous decision, citing a dire local and global economic outlook due to the deepen...

Covid-19 infections in South Africa rise to 150 – Ramaphosa . The number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in South Africa has risen to 150, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday.

"The level of infection has now risen to 150 and that is concerning for ...

Nehawu insists on marching over civil servant wages amid virus outbreak . While president Cyril Ramaphosa may have banned gatherings of more than 100 people in reaction to the coronavirus crisis, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) will go ahead ...

Coronavirus in SA: Cases increase to 116, with 8 new local transmissions . South Africa now has 116 confirmed cases of Covid-19 - an increase of 31 new cases since Tuesday.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize made the announcement on Wednesday morning, adding that a further eight ...

Social partners must help implement measures to mitigate economic effects of Covid-19 – govt . Government has called on business and labour to work with it to conceptualise measures to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) on the economy, with a particular focus on preserving jobs....

ANC welcomes stringent measures to mitigate coronavirus outbreak . The ruling African National Congress (ANC) National Working Committee (NWC) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recently announced measures for dealing with the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak and...