insert_link Business / Economics Morning Biznews update – 22 March 2024 With South Africa’s annual consumer price inflation increasing to 5.6% in February, exceeding economists' expectations, and rising closer to the top of the central bank's 3% to 6% target range, all hopes of an interest rate cut before the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in July have fallen. A number of economists are in fact now looking at September as the first opportunity for any easing of the country’s 8.25% repurchase rate. […] todayMarch 22, 2024 7
insert_link Environment Scientists discover a new species of giant snake A team of scientists has identified a new species of giant anaconda. The northern green anaconda is thought to be one of the largest ever. todayFebruary 24, 2024 12