South Africa

The repurchase rate (repo rate) in South Africa reached 7.25% after the SA Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to a 25 basis points hike.

Following a visit to the University of Zululand, the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation says it is pleased with the institution’s readiness for the 2023 academic year.

The fight against prostate cancer, which is one of the top five cancers reported among men in South Africa, is being given another boost through the construction of a new state-of-art facility at Steve Biko Academic Hospital (SBAH) in Pretoria.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the broadening of learner access to technical and vocational subjects in order to provide learners with more choices and better guidance, as well as mitigate the dropout rate.

Anti-money laundering, climate financing and sovereign debt resolution in Africa are expected to top the agenda when Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, engages United States Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, during a bilateral meeting on Thursday.

Infants, the elderly, persons living with disabilities, pregnant women, outdoor workers, and those who are on chronic medications are the most vulnerable to death as a result of exposure to extreme heat.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences on the passing of Dr Lydia Meshoe, founding member of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and wife of ACDP President, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe.

South Africa’s delegation at the recently concluded Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, affirmed that the country is open to investment, and ready to partner with the local and global community to place the country’s economy on a higher, jobs-rich and more sustainable growth path.

South Africa is among the countries that received global awards from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for their efforts to achieve an important milestone towards malaria elimination.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reiterated its commitment to root out fraud and corruption, which often stems from gross misconduct by officials who have no respect for good government principles and conduct.

As part of her meeting with South African officials, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, has announced a commitment between the U.S. Department of the Treasury and South Africa’s National Treasury to form a United States–South Africa Task Force on Combating the Financing of Wildlife Trafficking.

Over one million enrolments are expected within the public university sector for the 2023 academic year.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) campaign of paying former Teaching and General Assistants is currently proceeding to the uMgungundlovu District in KwaZulu-Natal after disbursing R25.1 million in the Zululand District.

Eskom has called on the City of Tshwane (CoT) municipality to pay its bulk electricity supply to enable the power utility to “continue supplying electricity to the city”.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), an entity of the Department of Employment and Labour, is currently hosting a three-day Employer Open Day and taking services to the people of Limpopo.