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Kenya eyes lower budget deficit in the upcoming fiscal year
By: Reuters 16th February 2024 Kenya plans to cut its budget deficit for the 2024/25 (July-June) fiscal year while also trying to preserve growth- supporting expenditure, the... →
Reform momentum
By: Terence Creamer 16th February 2024 From an economic perspective, the most important signal provided by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address was that the... →
Ramaphosa does not want unspent infrastructure funds returning to fiscus
By: Thabi Shomolekae 15th February 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Thursday that though capacity support to provinces and municipalities, government is improving its ability to... →
Kenyan central bank buys dollars to curb volatility as shilling rallies
By: Reuters 15th February 2024 Kenya's central bank bought dollars on the foreign exchange market on Thursday to curb volatility, traders said, as the shilling rocketed to its... →
Only SA’s Parliament can authorise new armed police bodies
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th February 2024 Two recent South African law enforcement initiatives, one in Cape Town, and the other in Gauteng, have provoked interest and in some cases,... →
DA calls for load-shedding pause in three East Joburg wards
15th February 2024 The Democratic Alliance is calling for a temporary load-shedding suspension for wards 66, 67 and 118 in east Johannesburg as residents face a third... →
Hydrogen cars come into sharp new focus as global climate politics takes turn for better
By: Martin Creamer 14th February 2024 For the first time, luxury vehicle manufacturer BMW has a fleet of hydrogen-fuelled cars on South Africa’s roads, supported by a green hydrogen... →
Norton Rose Fulbright advises on US$200M financing for Kamoa mine expansion
14th February 2024 Global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Kamoa Copper S.A. on the US$200M financing in relation to phase three of the expansion of its... →
