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StatsSA’s mortality and causes of death data shows about 6,559 children under five died in 2018 due to intestinal infectious diseases

Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Lesetja Kganyago, is set to make a rates announcement on Thursday afternoon as the central bank continues with efforts to arrest the country's high inflation.

The milk, eggs and cheese product group has recorded its highest annual price increases in 14 years, while vegetable prices recorded the highest annual price hike since 15 years ago, says Stats SA.

The countrys escalating power cuts and a weakened rand are expected to squeeze inflation up again.

The eThekwini Municipality says its job creation efforts are paying off.

When he was growing up in Tswera village in Vhembe in Limpopo, Edzisani Silima used to swim in the same Tshiswavhathu River from which all the villagers got their drinking water.

The moderate decline in the Eastern Cape’s unemployment rate to 40% in the first three months of 2023 prompted the DA to urge the provincial government to develop “a clear action plan to avoid job losses and prevent Eskom’s deepening power cuts from wiping out these recent gains”. Stats SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey for January to March showed that the number of jobs created in the province had increased by 41,000 compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.

The unemployment rate among the black population remains higher than the national average and other population groups, Stats SA revealed.

It's a much-needed relief for cash-strapped South African households as an analyst at one of the country's biggest banks sees the price of some food, including red meat, coming down.

The latest tourism statistics show South Africa's "journey to rapid recovery is well under way", with first-quarter figures showing a 102% increase in visitors compared with the same period in 2022.