The South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee  (MPC) is expected to announce another repo rate cut of 25 basis points on Thursday despite a slight uptick in inflation in December, economists say.

KPMG lead economist Frank Blackmore said the rand-dollar exchange rate had reduced the positive impact of low oil prices, while most other items were little changed...

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