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President Cyril Ramaphosa says that his government is working on a number of reforms to tackle the country’s growing unemployment rate.

Covid-19 has been a devastating pandemic in many ways for South Africa, including increased claims of government corruption, but there are positives that the country can take out of the experience says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Facebook has launched a R8.5 million grant scheme to support small businesses in South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has approved a number of pieces of legislation for submission to parliament.

Opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) says it has been ‘reliably informed’ that there is a strong lobby within the ANC to reintroduce another ban on alcohol in South Africa.

The Automobile Association (AA) said that changing traffic laws relating to drink driving is meaningless and will be ineffective if current laws that regulate alcohol and driving are not properly implemented and enforced first.

Further interest-rate cuts in South Africa may now depend on how deep the central bank sees the economy contracting.

The price for a basket of select and staple food in South Africa has started trending upwards again, says the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity group (PMBEJD) – something it did not anticipate happening so soon.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it will push for changes to be made to Section 189of the Labour Relations Act so as to make the retrenchment process fairer to workers.

South Africa may sign a deal to help produce a Covid-19 vaccine, potentially boosting access to immunization on a continent with limited manufacturing capacity.