SAnews Newsletter 2023-01-26 PM Edition
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Repo rate hiked to 7.25%
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.
Education system must provide learners with more choices – President Ramaphosa
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.
SA sets up new frontier against prostate cancer
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.
Bilateral set to cement SA-US relations
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.
All systems go for 2023 academic year at University of Zululand
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.
