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The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will continue accepting temporary employer/employee relief scheme (TERS) applications for April, May and June, Commissioner Teboho Maruping has said. In a statement on Thursday, Maruping … Read More
MTN SA says its mobile money service, MoMo, now has more than one million users in the country, just months after its relaunch in January. In a statement on Monday, … Read More
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has maintained that the government will enforce the current loading capacity regulations in the taxi industry. In a statement on Sunday evening, Mbalula said the government … Read More
The Pretoria high court has dismissed with costs an application by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA) to have the government’s cigarette sales ban lifted. In a judgement handed … Read More
South Africa is now the only country in the world with a cigarette sale ban still in place after Botswana lifted its ban on Thursday. Botswana issued a gazette notice … Read More
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni was apparently about to make an announcement on the use of pension funds to finance infrastructure projects in his supplementary budget speech on Wednesday. During a … Read More
The SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has defended its possible retrenchment plans, saying it needs to reduce its salary bill by R700 million. SABC has come under fire following its announcement … Read More
Mobile operator MTN South Africa has confirmed that it will officially launch its 5G network on Tuesday, 30 June. MTN will livestream the launch on its YouTube channel, it announced … Read More
The Department of Small Business Development has formalised more than 2,200 spaza shops around the country since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has said. During a question-and-answer session … Read More
The government has received “unsolicited proposals” from private sector funders, private equity investors and potential airline partners for a new South African Airways (SAA), the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) … Read More
