Top news items in major S. African media outlets
Xinhua,March 05, 2018 Adjust font size:
CAPE TOWN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Monday.
-- Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has urged the public to stop consuming ready-to-eat processed food products such as polony, viennas and chicken sausages.
The minister revealed on Sunday that the source of the listeriosis outbreak has been traced to an Enterprise food production factory in Polokwane, Limpopo. (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
-- The rand weakened against the dollar in early trade on Monday as investor appetite for riskier assets waned, with market focus this week on economic growth numbers for the final quarter of last year, scheduled to be released on Tuesday.
At 06:45 GMT, the rand traded at R12.01 per dollar, 0.63 percent weaker than its close on Friday. (Eyewitness News) Enditem