Eskom has announced that the annual electricity-price increases kick in today, the 1st of April. From today, customers receiving power directly from Eskom, will be charged 15.6% more for their electricity. Municipalities will pay 17.8% more for their electricity as from 1 July this year.

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The World Bank has revised South Africa’s 2021 growth-outlook to 3%, from the 2.6% it predicted in October. The Bank says the growth-figure would be driven by the rebound in global activity from the continued Covid-19 vaccination drives, here and across the Globe. Growth is projected to a moderate to 1.9% in 2022.
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The Minister of Cooperative Governance, Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma says it will be illegal, from 12 o’clock tonight to transport liquor. She says the rule would be in place until midnight on Monday evening. The Government Gazette, published this week, however does NOT make mention of a ban on the transport of liqour. Dlamini-Zuma says alcohol checks  will be carried out at various roadblocks across the country.

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