Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has outlined the fiscal and monetary policy interventions implemented by the government in its fight against Covid-19
There are factors such as exchange rates, electricity costs, security free and fuel prices that are contributors, but additional spectrum will certainly bring about significant change in the local industry
To lessen the damage being wrought by the lockdown, the coronavirus budget mixed increased grants with more money for infrastructure and to keep businesses
Sassa says grants to an extra six million people who lose jobs, on top of 18-million beneficiaries, means it can’t give as much to child support grants
South Africans stuck abroad are told to be patient while the government is negotiating with different countries and working on ways to bring them back home
A research institution says the government should guarantee small businesses’ debt in order to keep the sector that employs millions of South Africans afloat amid Covid-19
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
The central bank warns of the harmful effect of Covid-19 on the economy, while the treasury details more plans to ease the pain
The police and people roving empty streets are intimidating, it’s difficult to replace stock and business has dropped
Movement in the grocery and pharmacy category — supermarkets, food warehouses, farmers’ markets, specialty food shops and pharmacies — has dropped by 60%