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More bad economic news: Saldanha Steel
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 17, 2019
The announcement that Saldanha Steel is to be shut down is very sad and yet another blow to our limping economy. It is, however, an
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Mboweni and the minimum wage: will the costs to the jobless be considered?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 16, 2019
Economic recovery is the keynote of finance minister Tito Mboweni’s every public statement – but will the government tackle the one thing that’s most likely
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Will South Africa get those investments in?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 15, 2019
South Africa recently hosted the second of President Ramaphosa’s investment summits. In the wake of the depressing Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and close-shave of
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‘Bringing Zimbabwe to South Africa’
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Nov 14, 2019
There is no room for complacency. A parliamentary ad hoc committee is pushing ahead with the drafting of a bill to amend Section 25 (the
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Power to the People
- By Daily Friend
- . Nov 13, 2019
This rallying cry of countless popular movements against oppression is too often burdened with the irony of its succeeding in achieving the reverse: liberation seldom
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Mainstream news manipulation and disinformation in the aftermath of the DA leadership changes
- By Frans Cronje
- . Nov 12, 2019
The outright lying, disinformation, and news manipulation of the mainstream media reached record levels in response to the leadership changes in the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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What is the DA waiting for on race?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 11, 2019
Last week Geordin Hill-Lewis, shadow finance minister in the Democratic Alliance (DA), wrote that South Africa was ‘trapped’ in an ‘obsession with race-based transformation policies’.
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Cyril pulls a bunny out of the hat
- By David Bullard
- . Nov 10, 2019
It’s been a wild week in the wacky world of international finance. No sooner had Moody’s adjusted our financial health outlook from stable to negative
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Any lessons from the Rugby World Cup?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Nov 10, 2019
The final of the Rugby World Cup was of special interest to me because I watched it in a rough little pub only a few