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Wealth tax needed ‘to catch well-heeled’
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 25, 2019
University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has urged South Africans to revive discussion about introducing a wealth tax, according to Business Times. Phakeng
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Most of SA’s problems caused by apartheid, colonialism – Mogoeng
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 25, 2019
But Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said in his 17th Mandela Annual Lecture on Saturday that South Africans could not blame all of the country’s problems
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Snake in the class
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 25, 2019
Students at a school in Kerala in southern India protested last week over the death of a 10-year-old pupil who was bitten by a venomous
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Govt says public wage bill, and debt, must be cut
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 24, 2019
The National Treasury was responding to ratings agency S&P Global’s revising its outlook for South Africa’s economy from stable to negative. The Treasury said in
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Bongo ‘must stop hallucinating’
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 24, 2019
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s spokesperson rounded on former minister and African National Congress MP Bongani Bongo, who was arrested this week on charges of
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Labour releases radical manifesto
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 24, 2019
The British Labour Party released its most radical election manifesto in decades this week. The manifesto was launched ahead of elections next month, which will
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Inflation lowest in nearly a decade
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 23, 2019
Annual inflation for October came in at 3.7%, according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). This is the lowest since 2011. Annual inflation in September
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SAA strike ends, but cash uncertainty remains
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 23, 2019
The settlement between the South African Airways (SAA) and the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa) and South African Cabin Crew Association
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Steenhuisen backs Ngwenya
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 23, 2019
Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen says he supports Gwen Ngwenya’s return as head of policy in the party. Some members of the federal
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Bongo arrested in Cape Town
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 22, 2019
Former state security minister and African National Congress (ANC) MP Bongani Bongo was released on bail of R5 000 after a brief court appearance in Cape