News in South Africa 17th November: 1. Sasria to pay our R32b for unrest: The South African Special Risk Insurance Association (Sasria) expects to pay out R32 billion to all claimants affected by the unrest that took place in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng in July. The riots insurer together with its agent companies has […]
News in South Africa 10th June: 1. 8881 new Covid cases: The number of new Covid-19 cases in South Africa climbed by 8,881 on Wednesday (June 9), new data from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases shows. The NICD, a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, pointed to a 16.5% positivity testing rate, while […]
News in South Africa 11th December: 1. Eskom warns of load shedding: Eskom warned on Thursday that while no load shedding was immediately anticipated, there was a “high probability” should any further capacity be lost. The system was severely constrained, Eskom said in a statement shortly before 18:00. This was caused by the loss of […]
News in South Africa 10th November: 1. Public service workers paid too much?: Research and analytics group Intellidex has published a new report looking at public-sector worker pay in South Africa. The report, which was commissioned by Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), uses the same calculations as the IMF – which considers the public sector […]
