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The jobs crisis worsens as factories shut and imports rise. Only urgent reforms in infrastructure, logistics and governance can halt the decline…
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A US federal appeals court has ruled Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs are illegal. The decision will throw the US’s trading partners into disarray…
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Eskom’s tariff bombshell highlights the seeming thumb-suck of how electricity prices are calculated, as well as the utility’s indifference to the cost pressures facing…
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Trade shocks test auto industry survival plan
US tariffs, EU carbon costs and rising imports threaten South Africa’s auto industry. Can government save jobs?…
Trump’s tariff tantrum rolls over Africa
Trump’s Africa tariffs – already based on dodgy economics – seem pointless and cruel given the amount of Africa-US trade…
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