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Ramaphosa’s promises on cadres, corruption and service delivery just feel like early electioneering. He’s been promising these things for years…
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The resource-rich province is plagued by poverty, unemployment, revolving leadership and cratering service delivery. Why is that?…
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Joburg needs a different algorithm for calculating valuations to better reflect actual market conditions, or resentment towards rates will intensify…
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