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South Africa's consumer confidence crashes to lowest level since 1985 
By: African News Agency 7th July 2020 Consumer confidence in South Africa plunged to its lowest in about 35 years during the second quarter of 2020, dragged down by the outbreak of... →
SA reports 200 000 coronavirus cases, recording 100 000 new cases in just 14 days
By: News24Wire 7th July 2020 The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Africa on Monday topped the 200 000-case mark - double the number of cases reported just 14 days... →
South African banks approve more than R30.6bn in Covid-19 relief
By: African News Agency 7th July 2020 Local banks have so far approved more than R30.6-billion in relief to individuals and businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the national... →
Eastern Cape postpones return of Grades R, 6 and 11 due to increased Covid-19 cases
By: News24Wire 6th July 2020 Due to a high number of Covid-19 cases at schools, the Eastern Cape education department has postponed the return date for pupils in Grades R, 6... →
Former VBS chief financial officer plans to plead guilty – NPA
By: African News Agency 6th July 2020 Phillip Truter, the former chief financial officer of the now defunct VBS Mutual Bank, has indicated that he is pleading guilty on all charges... →
Gauteng not looking at a hard lockdown 
By: News24Wire 6th July 2020 The Gauteng government says it's ready to deal with the expected increase in coronavirus cases and it has not asked the national government to... →
Tobacco group lodges leave to appeal ruling that kept cigarettes banned
By: News24Wire 3rd July 2020 The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association has lodged an application for leave to appeal a court ruling that dismissed its challenge to... →
National Treasury warns of debt spiral, refutes criticism of reneging on spending commitments
By: African News Agency 3rd July 2020 National Treasury on Friday warned in a briefing to MPs that failure to arrest South Africa's debt trajectory would see borrowing costs consume... →
SA extends employment of soldiers to help enforce Covid-19 rules to September
By: African News Agency 3rd July 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Parliament of his decision to extend the employment of 20 000 members of the South African National Defence... →
'Gauteng health facilities have reached maximum bed capacity'– department
By: News24Wire 2nd July 2020 As Covid-19 cases have started to spike in Gauteng, all government hospitals in the province have reached maximum bed capacity. This was confirmed... →
Lockdown: Children in pre-Grade R stages won't return to school yet, regulations amended
By: News24Wire 2nd July 2020 Children at early childhood development centres won't be heading back on Monday, along with pupils in several other grades, after Basic Education... →
SAHRC to take City of Cape Town to court after naked man dragged from shack
By: News24Wire 2nd July 2020 The South African Human Rights Commission intends taking the City of Cape Town to court over its eviction policy following the forced removal of a... →
