NATIONAL NEWS - South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Governor Lesetja Kganyago has announced that the repo rate will remain unchanged at 6.75%.
The repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks.
The prime lending rate, which is the interest charged by banks to clients, will remain at 10.25%.
Kganyago says core inflation remains looks set to improve due to a better inflation rate - with growth also expected to improve to 0.9%.