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Oldest man’s death should prod Japan to act quickly

If ever there were a wake-up call for Japan, the second-most indebted nation, the death of Jiroemon Kimura is it.

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Agang set for hard sell on state intervention in economy

Agang, which will be officially launched as a political party in Pretoria this weekend by former World Bank managing director Mamphela Ramphele, has provided li... Read Story

Power doesn’t lie in gathering data but in analysing it

The revelation that the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) is gathering phone call metadata and online interactions such as e-mails and discussion forums... Read Story

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Tobacco trademark ban is brand genocide
June 4 2013 at 05:44

We all know Google, one of the largest and most successful multinational companies in the world.

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Youth unemployment leaves Zuma at loss for words
June 4 2013 at 05:44

At a session on how to resolve the problem of youth unemployment in Africa on the sidelines of the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama, President Jacob Zuma was given just one minute to su... Read Story
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Mining’s importance depends on how it is measured
June 4 2013 at 05:44

The mining sector contributes much to exports and to the outlook for the rand and interest rates.

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Claremont. 118.02.13. Sekunjalo founder and Chairman Dr Iqbal Surve chats about his acquisition of the Independent Newspaper Group in his Claremont offices. Picture Ian Landsberg

Media’s independence questioned
June 3 2013 at 07:14

Editor Ellis Mnyandu’s uncritical comments on the probable takeover of Independent Newspapers by Iqbal Survé’s pro-ANC interests is concerning.

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Profit growth at expense of wages stokes inequality
June 3 2013 at 05:35

What has happened to the wages of workers in South Africa since 1994? This question was already answered when the government released its New Growth Path (NGP) in 2010.

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Poultry industry undermined by meat importers
June 3 2013 at 05:34

With a campaign of disingenuous innuendo masquerading as fact, David Wolpert of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) attempts to portray the local poultry industry as villains while meat importers are the... Read Story
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President Jacob Zuma took to the podium on Thursday, in what was billed as

Action counts more than just words
May 31 2013 at 05:51

If the rand is anything to go by, President Zuma left it too late to even try to sound convincing, says Ellis Mnyandu.

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Financial authorities need to work in systemic way
May 31 2013 at 05:52

Given the fragile state of investor and depositor sentiment, it is to be assumed that the National Credit Regulator (NCR) thought long and hard before deciding to refer an alleged contravention of the National Credit Act b... Read Story
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Solution is a favourable climate for investment
May 31 2013 at 05:51

The rand breached the key mark of R10 to the dollar yesterday, running particularly hard in the afternoon as stop-loss orders were triggered and foreign investor sentiment towards South Africa deteriorated.

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Predictable credits roll after rehash of Alliance soap opera
May 31 2013 at 05:51

‘Confusion hath made his masterpiece.” That quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth seems perfectly to sum up the statements, comments, reports and machinations surrounding the Cosatu executive committee meeting... Read Story
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