Quick explainer: Interest rates and how they affect you
The Reserve Bank has dropped the repo rate to 7.5%. Consequently the prime lending rate has dropped to 11%.... Read more
2 Feb
Eskom suspends load shedding after reserve boost
Cape Town – Eskom has suspended load shedding after implementing stage 3 power cuts from Friday to Sunday to... Read more
2 Feb
Hefty fuel increase expected for February
Cape Town — Motorists can expect to dig deep into their pockets as fuel prices across all fuel grades... Read more
1 Feb
Eskom confirms high risk of Stage 4 load shedding this weekend
Cape Town — Eskom has warned that there is a high risk that South Africa may experience load shedding... Read more
31 Jan
SA pushes for investment in critical minerals at Mining Indaba 2025
Cape Town – The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) is set to host the Mining Indaba Investment... Read more
31 Jan
Nersa approves 12.7% Eskom tariff hike for 2025
Cape Town — The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved a 12.7% electricity tariff increase for... Read more
31 Jan
Reserve Bank cuts interest rate again to revive economy
Johannesburg – South Africa’s central bank cut its interest rate on Thursday for the third consecutive time to revive... Read more
31 Jan
SA’s poverty relief grant should be increased rather than paid to more people – economists explain why
Maya Goldman, University of Cape Town; Brynde Kreft, University of Oxford; Kate Orkin, University of Oxford, and Ntuthuko Hlela,... Read more
29 Jan
Multi-million rand housing project at a standstill for weeks
The unfinished social housing next to the Bridge City shopping center in KwaMashu, north of Durban. The Social Housing... Read more
28 Jan
WATCH | Putco buses set ablaze in suspected arson spree across Mpumalanga depots
Cape Town – Several Putco buses were destroyed in a suspected arson attack at four depots in Mpumalanga on... Read more
28 Jan
