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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa committed more resources to deal with gender-based violence and femicide, days after police found the body of an 11th woman east of Johannesburg.

South Africa’s central bank appointed Franz Ruch as an adviser to its governors and the seventh member of its monetary policy committee, with immediate effect.

On a recent Saturday night, a minibus taxi drew up to a tavern in the gold-mining town of Carletonville west of Johannesburg. Eight men armed with AK-47 rifles alighted from the vehicle before gunning down patrons. Eighteen people died.

Morgan Stanley expects South Africa to reinstate fuel-tax relief measures for three months to cushion consumers from surging oil prices in next week’s budget, along with details of a long-awaited rule to keep government finances on a sustainable path.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the African National Congress in a dispute over candidates excluded from next month’s municipal elections, a judgment that may force the electoral commission to reprint ballot papers weeks before voting begins.

South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana unveiled new rules to ensure fiscal sustainability as debt peaked.

South Africa lifted its borrowing requirement in the current fiscal year by 54.2 billion rand ($3.3 billion), mainly to finance a domestic bond buyback program designed to smooth out redemptions.

South Africa has strengthened fiscal discipline and now must lift economic growth, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said.

South Africa’s water shortages are acute in the country’s economic center, where there’s a gaping divide between those who can afford emergency fixes and those who can’t. It’s a big issue in next week’s local elections.

Residents have grown accustomed to navigating potholes, broken traffic lights and days without electricity.