South Africa’s rand plunged to a record against the dollar on Tuesday, increasing pressure on the central bank to raise borrowing costs at a policy meeting next week. The currency weakened as much as 0.6 percent to 14.3827 per dollar, before erasing the decline to gain 0.1 percent to 14.2835 by 5.25pm in Johannesburg, paring its slump this year to 19 percent. Read the … [Read more...] about Weak rand pressures Reserve Bank
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‘Weak knowledge of basic science not a joke’ – Independent Online
Independent OnlineJohannesburg – One in three South Africans don’t know that the earth revolves around the sun, according to a test with 10 basic science questions, Rapport said on Sunday. The average South African only cracked half of the questions, put to 1000 people … …read more Via: Johannesburg Google News MyJHB Read more on MyJHB. Join … [Read more...] about ‘Weak knowledge of basic science not a joke’ – Independent Online
