Dlamini-Zuma was speaking during a briefing by the national coronavirus command council on Friday afternoon where she outlined guideline for level one of the lockdown.

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago announced on Thursday that the repo rate would remain unchanged at 3.5%.

The Bank has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 3.5% after it had reduced the rate by 300 basis points so far this year.

Kganyago made the announcement during a briefing on Thursday afternoon.

The bank has reduced the rate by 300 basis points so far this year, in an effort to promote growth amid an economy suffering under the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Sarb has reduced the interest rate by 300 basis points so far this year in an effort to promote growth amid an economy suffering under the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Presidency announced on Tuesday that Nedlac had agreed to the plan for economic recovery at a meeting chaired by the president.

The Public Enterprises Department said that efforts to finalise the business rescue process and a decision on the sources of funding would be announced soon.

President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted during an online meeting with South African National Editors Forum on Wednesday night that there may be a review in lockdown regulations.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was speaking during a virtual meeting with members of the South African National Editors Forum on Wednesday evening.

There have been varied opinions as to how much the GDP contraction will be for the second quarter.

The red berets attacked Clicks stores nationwide as per Julius Malema's instructions after the retailer published and advert last week which insulted black hair.

Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said government had given its full support to turn around the power utility, but that the old narrative of political interference didn’t apply.

The utility suspended the general managers of the Kendal and Tutuka power stations for poor performance that led to load shedding being implemented.

It said this was necessary to replenish the emergency generation reserves which were depleted over the past week.

They say the terms of the offer must now be incorporated into a business rescue plan.

The opposition said this was a tune the president had been singing for years now with no effect at all.

In December last year, Harry Johannes Knoesen and three others appeared in the Middelburg Magistrates Court for allegedly planning to engage in terror activities targeting African communities.