The Bank of England (BoE) Thursday injected a further 50-billion pounds (78-billion dollars) into the economy under its quantitative easing programme.
The programme, under which the bank purchases government assets, now stands at a total of 375-billion pounds.
The bank decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.5 per cent, according to an announcement which followed a meeting of the bank's monetary policy committee.
SAA denied rumours that its acting chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout had lied about his qualifications.
Thousands of farmers have applied to employ foreign workers after the introduction of a new minimum wage.
The rand plunged to its weakest level against the dollar in close to four years on Thursday.
