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IMF supports Cabo Verde to strengthen public debt forecasting and fiscal planning

SA General Industrial Workers Union urges government to rehabilitate hundreds of abandoned gold, platinum mines

The General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa (SA) (GIWUSA) has called on government to urgently rehabilitate hundreds of abandoned and care‑and‑maintenance gold and platinum mines.

Ghana central bank cuts policy rate by 250 basis points to 15.50%

Most economists surveyed by Reuters had expected the central bank to lower the rate.

SARB likely to keep repo rate unchanged

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut rates by 25 basis points at their November meeting.

Gold’s extends rally above $5 300 as Dollar slides

Gold broke through $5 300 for ​the first time on Wednesday

Amazon bungles Wednesday layoff plan with misfired internal email

Amazon on Tuesday appeared to have prematurely alerted Amazon Web Services cloud-computing employees to layoffs planned for Wednesday morning by sending a commiseration email and team-wide meeting invitation hours early