The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to hike interest rates on Thursday (22 September) this week in an attempt to support the rand and control inflationary forces, but economists differ in expectations on how much. A recent survey conducted…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected calls from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Western Cape government to “devolve” policing powers from the South African Police Service to provincial police authorities. The DA-run province has been pushing the government and police minister Bheki Cele in particular,…

The Department of Home Affairs is intensifying its fight against syndicates involved in the sale of the identities of South Africans to foreign nationals. The unrelenting pushback against these schemes continues to yield positive results, following the arrest on Friday of yet another South African…

While 151 municipalities are teetering on the brink of collapse, 43 have already collapsed and require urgent intervention to rescue them, National Treasury told Parliament on Wednesday. Senior officials from Treasury painted a bleak picture when they appeared before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations. Members…

The National Treasury and South African Revenue Service (SARS) are standing their ground on proposed amendments to tax legislation in South Africa, despite protests from businesses. Speaking to the parliamentary standing committee on finance this week, the National Treasury and SARS responded to comments by…

The Department of Home Affairs says there is no update on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan for digital nomad visas in South Africa – and that offering visas on arrival for tourists is out of the question. Responding to a parliamentary Q&A this week, home affairs…

Security services company Fidelity ADT has warned of pedestrians increasingly being targeted while waiting for e-hailing services, public transport or commuting to and from work. Charnel Hattingh, the group head of marketing and communications at Fidelity said the issue of cell phone snatching happens any…

A leaked report on the cost of moving parliament from Cape Town in the Western Cape, to Pretoria in Gauteng, shows that it will cost the country billions, while the Mother City would see thousands of job losses. The report, seen by the Sunday Times,…

The Department of Basic Education says it will introduce as many as 38 new subjects to schools in the next few years, targeting learners in grades 10 to 12 as part of its new ‘three stream’ curriculum. The department intends for the subjects and the…

Health minister Joe Phaahla is expected to outline a comprehensive report this week on the impact of load shedding and measures to be taken by health facilities as the country moves to higher stages of power cuts. This comes after the Health Professions Council of…

South Africa’s critical private and public hospitals are facing an onslaught of challenges making it harder to care for patients – with extended load shedding exacerbating a skills shortage in the sector. Speaking to ENCA, chairman of the South African Medica Association (SAMA) Mvuyisi Mzukwa…

The Western Cape government has joined major metropolitan municipalities in rejecting Eskom’s latest tariff hike application, saying that residents across the country are already under siege, suffering hammer blows on all fronts. The province said that years of national government mismanagement and corruption have driven…