South Africa: start saving!
The South African Savings Institute has launched a campaign to encourage South Africans, hit by an economic slowdown and high interest rates amid a global finance crisis, to save money and spend more responsibly.
Teaching SA's kids to save
The Banking Association and South African Savings Institute are to pilot the Teach Children to Save initiative in a bid to give the country's youngsters better financial "savvy".
Fuel price: govt considers options
The government will not cut fuel levies, but ministers have been tasked with identifying the best, most practical ways of reducing the impact of rising fuel costs on the price of food and other goods and services.
Penalties for excessive energy use
The government is completing regulations that will enable it to enforce its strategy to reduce South Africa's energy consumption by at least 3 000 megawatts over the next three years, by providing for sanctions against excessive use and wastage of electricity.
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