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SA's credit rating under pressure

Markets sensitive to mining disruptions, given the tragedy at Marikana last year.

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Reader puts miner’s toil to verse

I was inspired to write this poem given the current happenings in our local mining industry. Keep up the good work.

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Amplats job cuts will cause ripples across economy

Much has been made of the reconfigured Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) downscaling plan.

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Audits must find balance to uplift the public sector
April 23 2013 at 05:48

Audits can prove that something was or was not done, but cannot identify why a person was either unable or unwilling to comply.

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Business needs to take transformation seriously
April 22 2013 at 05:56

Business and the government continue to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to transformation.

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Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Photo: Simphiwe Mbokazi.

Licensing bill is a job killer
April 22 2013 at 05:56

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has long campaigned to increase the extent to which his department can intervene in the economy.

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Hands off Trevor Manuel, finish and klaar
April 22 2013 at 05:56

In response to National Union of Metalworkers of SA president Cedric Gina’s statement: “We reject Trevor Manuel’s views finish and klaar” at the National Bargaining Conference. You know comrade, whe... Read Story
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Thatcher was in a different clas
April 22 2013 at 05:56

As one who lived in England during the Thatcher years, I would like to add comments to those already made in your publication.

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Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Photo: Simphiwe Mbokazi.

Alliances use poor as toll road rallying cry
April 19 2013 at 05:45

Who would have thought that the issue of toll roads could become a potential political tipping point?

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South African Planning Minister Trevor Manuel.

Media gets blame as comrades debate guilt
April 19 2013 at 05:45

Trevor Manuel’s comments on apartheid had produced “a paroxysm of excitement” in the commercial media.

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Rich man Ricci quits Barclays with cash pile intact
April 19 2013 at 05:45

Some people are appropriately named. Among them is Rich Ricci, a controversial figure who has resigned from his job at UK-based Barclays.

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New CPI doesn't reflect poor's pain
April 18 2013 at 05:45

CPI review will lead to more accurate but less representative figures.

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New editor has big ideas for work-in-progress FM
April 18 2013 at 05:45

The Financial Mail (FM) needs to “go backwards and forwards at the same time to rediscover its roots”, according to Tim Cohen, who was announced as the weekly magazine’s new editor yesterday.

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