Economy
Covid-19: South Africa To Reopen More Economic Sectors, Remove Restrictions – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will move to alert level 3 with effect from 1 June - with more sectors of...
Kenya Secures €188m ADB Loan To Boost COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Friday approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to...
R513 Million Relief Fund For South African SMMEs
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) has approved payment worth R513 million for small businesses whose finances have been negatively affected by the COVID-19...
South Africa: Repo Rate Cut By 50 Basis Points
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has cut the Repurchase (repo) rate by 50 basis points. Effective 22 May 2020, the repo rate will be...
South Africa Covid-19: Millions Apply For Social Relief
More than 3.5 million people have applied for the new special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant - within three days of the...