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Reserve Bank cuts repo rate by 50 basis points
The Monetary Policy Committee has cut the repurchase rate by a further 50 basis points, after a two consecutive cuts of 100 basis points earlier this year
Government should offer debt guarantees
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
No money to spare as GDP set to fall
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
GDP to contract 6.1% — Reserve Bank
The central bank warns of the harmful effect of Covid-19 on the economy, while the treasury details more plans to ease the pain
Repo rate cut by 100 basis points
This takes the rate to 5.25% per annum, from 6.25%
Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers. It’s about time
To deal with climate change, central banks may have to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others
Editorial: The magic amount: R500 000
One of the most pressing political crises started with our multibillionaire president being questioned in Parliament about R500 000
Editorial: Bank woes – but not in SA
'We have our own problems in South Africa — not least a fashionable debate over the role and independence of the Reserve Bank'
Kganyago gets another five years
His reappointment as head of the Reserve Bank has been greeted as a positive move for stability
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The order of unconstitutionality has been suspended for two weeks
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Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them
Pharmacists, denied frontline status, get PPE late
Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.
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