* President Cyril Ramaphosa's first speech to Parliament as the new leader of the government of national unity last night focused on economic growth and job creation.
* Political parties have mixed reactions to President Cyril Ramaphosa's address during the opening of Parliament yesterday.
The EFF has described it as a waste of state resources with leader Julius Malema accusing Ramaphosa of lacking a plan to improve the state of the country.
Other opposition parties say the president is repeating old promises.
* The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee has kept the interest rate unchanged at eight-point-two-five percent.
This means the prime lending rate will remain unchanged at eleven-point-seven-five percent.
This is the committee's seventh consecutive meeting in which the interest rates have been kept at the same figure. The bank's Governor Lesetja Kganyago, announced the committee's decision in Pretoria yesterday .
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