Five Newsworthy Things in SA 28th March 2023:

News in South Africa 28th March: 1. Civil servants may accept pay hike: South African public servants are likely to accept the government’s latest wage offer, according an initial estimate of a ballot of labour-union members. Employee groups representing about 1.3 million government workers are currently seeking a mandate from their members to accept a […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 7th December 2022:

News in South Africa 7th December: 1. SA’s economic growth hampered: Chief economist at Econometrix, Azar Jammine, said that corruption and a lack of infrastructure investment could hamper the country’s economic growth. The economy grew by 1.6% in the third quarter of 2022, after contracting by 0.7% in the second quarter. But Jammine was worried that […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 6th December 2022:

News in South Africa 6th December: 1. Politics draining rand: The South African rand clawed back some of its losses since the release of the explosive section 89 report on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm last week, but it remains in shaky space as political uncertainty persists. The rand recovered to around R17.19 a […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 24th November 2022:

News in South Africa 24th November: 1. SARB rate hike today: The rand firmed overnight to trade below R17 to the US dollar on Thursday morning – its strongest level since late August. The local currency was trading at R16.93 at around 06:00, buoyed by news out of the US that the Federal Reserve may […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 10th October 2022:

News in South Africa 10th October: 1. SA on the brink of disaster: Former reconstruction and development minister Jay Naidoo says South Africa is in serious trouble and is showing signs of a failed state. Naidoo is a seasoned politician who was the founding general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 25th October 2021:

News in South Africa 25th October: 1. New lockdown level 1 regulations: The government has gazetted updated regulations for South Africa’s adjusted level 1 lockdown, including changes for schools and transport. The changes include the relaxation of restrictions for air travel and updated regulations around school gatherings, sports, and extra-curricular activities. The changes are outlined […]

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Five Newsworthy Things in SA 29th September 2021:

News in South Africa 29th September: 1. Political gains over pandemic: Ministerial Advisory Committee insiders have expressed disappointment at the recent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, saying that politics is now taking centre stage and is the main driving force behind how the regulations are being handled. Laws have been introduced under […]

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