It is called a “repurchase” rate because it is the interest that is deducted (“discounted”) when the banks buy back ...

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GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

Teachers at many Western Cape schools are facing an increased workload after the provincial education department slashed ...

Alfred Nevhutanda is trying to overturn a presidential proclamation that authorises the SIU to investigate corruption at the Lottery ...

On Tuesday, residents of Valdezia near Elim blocked the D4 road between Elim and Malamulele. They were once again protesting ...

Part of the contested site of the former Tafelberg school in Sea Point will be used for affordable housing, the provincial government has said. Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers said part of the site ...

KZN Public works MEC Martin Meyer says he has laid criminal charges. Former KwaZulu-Natal Public Works director Musa Zondi is ...

Farmers in Vhembe, Limpopo, are battling with potholed roads that drive up transport costs and delay deliveries. Farmers say ...

One borehole at Tshitavhadulu is inactive because of the fuses for the transformer are missing. Boreholes at Luvhalani and ...