Govt works on stimulus package

A stimulus package to boost the South African economy will be announced soon, according to Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane.

Briefing media on Wednesday’s fortnightly Cabinet meeting, Mokonyane said a host of measures would be taken in an attempt to guide the country out of a technical recession following an announcement by Stats SA that the economy contracted by 0.7% in the second quarter of the year.

“We will be presenting [the stimulus package] within a short period of time and that would also be followed by information on our areas of investment, not only foreign directed investment, but also promotion of domestic investment,” she said.

“We will be going into another important meeting of government to look at costing of all these measures being put together.”

To support the tourism sector, the government committed to “a complete overhaul of the visa system”. – ANA

These crimes tear communities apart and have no place here. This will go a long way to ensuring perpetrators of these kind of offences face the full might of the law.

Lt-Gen Nneke Ledwaba Saps Limpopo provincial commissioner