Die regering het Fitch se besluit verwelkom oor die opgradering van Suid-Afrika se langtermyn-kredietgradering vir buitelandse sowel as die plaaslike geldeenhede van ‘BB-minus’ tot ‘BB’, en om sy stabiele vooruitskouing te behou.
South Africa's current Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccination programme is being promoted as the largest in the country's history, with more than 13.5 million vaccine doses procured and approximately 4.4 million animals vaccinated by the end of May 2026.