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CAPE TOWN, October 25 (ANA) – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has said it was concerned about the South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa) readiness in appointing a new service provider to distribute social grants

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber fears that Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s maiden Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered on Wednesday may not be enough to turn the economy of South Africa around.We are deeply

PARLIAMENT, October 25 (ANA) – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s first medium-term budget policy statement showed clearly the catastrophic impact President Jacob Zuma has had on the South African economy, the Democratic Alliance said on

PARLIAMENT, October 25 (ANA) – Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba delivered his maiden medium term budget policy statement in Parliament on Wednesday.The statement sets out government spending priorities for the next three years.The highlights

PARLIAMENT, October 25 (ANA) – South African Airways (SAA) will receive a further R4.8 billion from the state’s coffers in the current financial year, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba confirmed in his first medium-term budget policy

PARLIAMENT, October 25 (ANA) – South Africa has slashed its projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2017 by almost half, from 1.3 percent forecast in the February budget to 0.7 percent, as a result of continued decline in

PORT ELIZABETH, October 25 (ANA) – A serial rapist who tormented a string of women will be sentenced in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday. Mzikayise Mkavu, 27, pleaded guilty to a string of charges which include 17 counts of rape

JOHANNESBURG, October 25 (ANA) – The North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday set aside the suspension of Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni because the minister had no power to suspend him.Apleni successfully challenged his suspension

Section 2C water restrictions and emergency tariffs will remain in place in George for the immediate future regardless of the rise of the Garden Route Dam to above 60% following good rains in recent weeks. The official dam reading, taken by the