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Repo rate remains unchanged at 7.5%

Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago takes questions from the media after announcing the repo rate. 1 minute The South African Reserve Bank has kept the repo rate unchanged at 7.5%. The prime lending rate remains at 11%. Central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says inflation has edged slightly higher and appears contained at 3.2%. Delivering his…

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Product recall: Top Score Instant Porridge

Source: www.namibmills.com While investigations are ongoing, porridge producer Namib Mills recalled the product in South Africa and Namibia as a ‘precautionary measure’. It is alleged they were fed the porridge and later complained of stomach cramps. Namib Mills, the Namibian company behind Top Score Instant Porridge, has released a statement regarding the situation. “As a…

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City Power recovers 150 kgs of stolen aluminium cables

Picture of aluminum cables. City Power has revealed that it recently recovered about 150 kilograms of aluminium cables that are normally used in their streetlight infrastructure, worth R250 000. The cables were found and confiscated during the power utility’s cut-off operation with law enforcement authorities, in Kya Sands, north of Johannesburg. City Power says in an…

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MK Party member Zuma-Sambudla apologises to Shivambu

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla at a party event on December 8, 2024. 2 minutes MK Party member Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has issued an unreserved apology to the party’s Secretary-General, Floyd Shivambu, for a series of insults she directed at him on the social media platform X earlier this week. On Tuesday, Zuma-Sambudla was instructed…

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General Khumalo receiving best medical care: Masemola

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Divisional Commissioner in the Crime Intelligence, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo is receiving the best medical care after falling sick on Wednesday morning. Masemola says Khumalo felt unwell after arriving at the Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria….

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Four house robbery suspects killed in Centurion

[File image]: Crime scene tape. South African Police Services (SAPS) are combing the crime scene where four house robbery suspects have been killed following a shootout with police in Centurion, Pretoria. Gauteng Police Apokesperson Brenda Moridili addressed the media at the live scene. “Pathological experts are preparing to remove the suspects bodies from the scene…

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Finance ministry stutters on country’s GDP

Chiduwa pressed Mupururi for clarity on Zimbabwe’s GDP, emphasising its importance in understanding revenue targets. LAWMAKERS were left disappointed with officials from the Finance ministry after they failed to provide statistics about the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced…

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Home Affairs to introduce digitised system to fight border corruption

[FILE IMAGE]: Border Management Authority (BMA) official checking a travellers documents. 2 minutes Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says a digitised system will strengthen efforts to combat fraud and corruption at South Africa’s borders. Schreiber and Special Investigating Unit Head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, launched the Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum in Pretoria, today. The…

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