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Police minister Bheki Cele says that the South African Police Service has made over 400,000 arrests due to the violation of Covid-19 regulations. Source: BusinessTech

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment says that South Africa will make a push towards low-emission vehicles in the 2030s.  Source: BusinessTech

Almost 4.8 million South Africans have unclaimed pension benefits, with the total pension pot worth an estimated R42 billion, says Kabelo van der Merwe, project lead of Unclaimed Benefits at Liberty. Source: BusinessTech

An oil blending and storage company secured deals to supply South Africa’s state power utility with fuel oil worth more than R15 billion ($1 billion) at inflated prices by paying inducements, including donations to the ruling party, a forensic investigation has found. Source: BusinessTech

The chairperson of parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, Sahlulele Luzipo, has raised concerns around South Africa’s latest fuel price hike, which arrives on the back of an electricity tariff hike. Source: BusinessTech

Rio Tinto group’s new $463 million (R6.7 billion) mining project in South Africa will remain on hold until the security problems that halted work two years ago are resolved. Source: BusinessTech

First quarter 2021 data from FNB’s Commercial Property Broker Survey, shows which major metropolitan areas in the country are still recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: BusinessTech

Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga says that the national teacher vacancy rate as of the end of February 2021 stood at 5.8%. Source: BusinessTech

The International Monetary Fund is preparing to give its member countries the biggest resource injection in its history, $650 billion, to boost global liquidity and help emerging and low-income nations deal with mounting debt and Covid-19. Source: BusinessTech

Annual filing season has opened for employers, with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) giving companies until 31 May to submit detailed payroll and tax information of their employees. Source: BusinessTech