The Reserve Bank has kept the repo rate on hold at 3.5%. All five members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep rates unchanged, given the view that inflation would remain well-contained in 2021. The bank upwardly revised its GDP forecast for 2021 from 3.6% to 3.8%.

Residents of Mitchells Plain are beginning to see long-awaited change becoming reality, as the first red MyCiTi bus lanes now cut through AZ Berman...

Two Suspects Face Human Trafficking Charges Following Hawks Operation

Smile Staff Reporter - 19 June 2026

The fight against human trafficking in the Western Cape received a major boost this week after the Hawks' Economic Protected Resources Unit in Bellville,...

IEC Ready for Voter Registration Weekend on 20 and 21 June

Smile Staff Reporter - 19 June 2026

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is fully prepared to welcome eligible voters to registration stations across the country this weekend,...

The Reserve Bank has kept the repo rate on hold at 3.5%. All five members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep rates unchanged, given the view that inflation would remain well-contained in 2021. The bank upwardly revised its GDP forecast for 2021 from 3.6% to 3.8%.

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