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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, July 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in South Africa's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Brexit will have limited affect on the sovereign credit ratings of South Africa and other countries in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, ratings agency Fitch said in a research note released on Monday night.

"Short-term effects could come via market volatility, while a slowdown in British and European growth could weigh on MEA economies at a time of already heightened strains," Fitch's senior director of sovereign ratings, Jan Friederich, wrote in the note. (Business Day)

-- Insufficient immigration control, high levels of violence against women and children, an uneven quality of schools, a non-transparent tendering process, widespread corruption, and poor police performance are some of the descriptions of South Africa contained in the 2016 biennial report on the Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) released late last mongth by the United States. (Fin24)

-- The African National Congress (ANC) campaign to retain control of Tshwane Metro will be bolstered by the visit of President Jacob Zuma to several townships in the area on Tuesday.

This is his first visit to the townships since the outbreak of violence last month after National Executive Council member, Thoko Didiza, was announced as mayoral candidate. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem