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Fuel rationing fears grow as oil prices surge, Ramaphosa heads to Brazil, Absa profits jump
Fuel rationing fears grow as oil crisis exposes weaknessesSouth Africa is facing rising fears of possible fuel rationing as surging global oil prices highlight weaknesses
Rand falls on oil surge, defence tender row deepens, Iran’s new Ayatollah
South African rand weakens as oil surge sparks inflation fearsThe rand fell sharply at the start of the week as soaring global oil prices rattled
News Focus: Is Iran changing tack?
As US President Donald Trump vowed that Iran “will be hit very hard”, warning that US forces would attack “areas and groups of people that
News Focus: US/Israel-friendly, not democratic, Iran is objective – Trump
US President Donald Trump has told CNN that, even if Iran did not become a democratic state, he would be quite happy with another religious leader in Tehran who was “going to be fair and just” and “[t]reat the United States and Israel well”, along with its Middle East partners.
US lets India buy Russian oil, Kristi Noem goes and Ukraine offers drone expertise
India given green light to buy Russian oil, for now As the Middle East crisis disrupts global crude shipments, the United States treasury has issued
China sets lowest growth target in decades, Trump cleared to direct Iran war, and waste at SA water boards
Beijing sets lowest growth target for China in three decades China’s latest Five Year Plan, details of which are set out in a 46-page report
Lekota dies, Trump tells Iran “too late” for talks, China set for key meetings
Struggle stalwart, Cope leader Lekota dies COPE leader, former Robben Islander, and former ANC Premier of the Free State Mosiuoa Lekota died in Johannesburg early
IRR challenges provinces to “stop overpaying and overtaxing, and start delivering”
Make value-for-money procurement the centrepiece of your upcoming provincial budgets.
Iran: in for a long haul?
World attention remains fixed on events in the Middle East, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that the war against Iran “may take some
Make BEE premiums explicit – IRR Legal
IRR Legal has formally submitted to both of Parliament’s finance committees a report on the constitutional duty of making BEE premiums in public procurement explicit, and setting out the mechanism to do so now.