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For a decade, everyone knew the drill on the Thursday afternoon when the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) was to announce its decision on…
Mantashe’s R93.37bn fuel price gamble
Would the government have the courage to slash the fuel price by 46% overnight, even if it slices the top layer off its tax…
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You’d be forgiven for thinking Joburg Water is staffed by three gents in a jalopy. The absence of the utility’s presence on the streets…
Inside MK’s success
Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party remains the great unknown in South African politics. Questions persist over whether it is merely a personality cult, what it really…
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