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Marilize van Zyl
- Mar 22
- 2 min
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Ban lifted on Bain & Company from bidding for SA public sector contracts: Following its involvement in the state capture corruption...
Marilize van Zyl
- Mar 14
- 2 min
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Naspers shuts down its fund focused on SA startups: Naspers has closed its R1.4 billion SA-focused technology investment fund, Foundry,...
Marilize van Zyl
- Mar 7
- 2 min
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Cabinet reshuffle: On Monday (6 March), President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the long-awaited changes to his cabinet, including the...
Marilize van Zyl
- Feb 28
- 2 min
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South Africa greylisted by FATF: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a worldwide anti-money laundering agency, has placed South...
Gordon Loubser-Hattingh
- Feb 21
- 2 min
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South African Budget Speech: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will be delivering the country’s Budget Speech tomorrow, 22nd of February....
Marilize van Zyl
- Feb 14
- 2 min
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Significant progress at Kusile: A positive outcome after Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer traveled to Japan to secure a key undertaking from...
Marilize van Zyl
- Feb 7
- 2 min
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Jo’burg property values are not justified by the market: The city’s general valuations for 2023, reflecting that property prices have...
Marilize van Zyl
- Jan 31
- 2 min
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Toyota plans to produce electric vehicles in South Africa: Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) intends to manufacture electric vehicles in...
Marilize van Zyl
- Jan 24
- 2 min
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SA inflation numbers: Annual Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) was measured at 7.2% in December 2022; down from 7.4% in November 2022. The...
Marilize van Zyl
- Jan 16
- 2 min
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Ramaphosa to sit in the dark with the rest of SA: President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to skip the international World Economic Forum...
Marilize van Zyl
- Jan 10
- 2 min
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Welcome to our first weekly commentary of 2023. Warm winter saves Europe: Plans by Russian President Vladimir Putin to squeeze Europe by...
Marilize van Zyl
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
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Welcome to our final weekly commentary of 2022 Commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) in South Africa: JSE-listed Renergen has started...
Marilize van Zyl
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
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President Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa’s political landscape is still quite shaky in the wake of speculations that President Cyril...
Marilize van Zyl
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
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Taxi Strike: The SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) announced a two-day strike to protest the Western Cape government’s cancelling its...
Marilize van Zyl
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
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COP27 €600 million loan while coal power is here to stay: While world leaders are discussing action to tackle climate change at the COP27...
Marilize van Zyl
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
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South-Africa is bracing for a nationwide public sector strike, as unions rejected government's 3% wage increase proposal with a R1,000...
Gordon Loubser-Hattingh
- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2022 Medium–Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has seen the anticipated improvement in government’s...
Gordon Loubser-Hattingh
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
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Just a month-and-a-half after taking office, British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation as leader of the governing...
Gordon Loubser-Hattingh
- Oct 11, 2022
- 1 min
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On Monday (10 October) Transnet officials and striking unions met at the offices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and...
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