SA needs to start thinking outside of Agoa
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A round-up of news updates, including how SA's Kirstenbosch has come out on top.
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[TOP STORY] Funded budget masks Joburg's deeper financial problems
‘This is a long-term situation in which Johannesburg finds itself and it's going to take serious work to get it back into a fiscally healthy position,’ says Chris Hattingh, executive director at the Centre for Risk Analysis.
Fresh Iran conflict fuels oil price spike
Joburg gets a lifeline, but Treasury's warning couldn't be clearer. Concerns raised over the governance of the UIF. And should investors reduce offshore exposure as South Africa improves?
[TOP STORY] Can SA businesses afford a R20 000 living wage?
‘We do have, according to our estimations, more than 25 organisations that are already a living wage employer. So those who can, should, and it's a good thing and the right thing to do,’ says Dr Mark Bussin of the Living Wage South Africa Network.
Empty seats, big questions: The economics of Springbok rugby
Could a R20 000 living wage help tackle poverty in SA? The financial pressures facing the ‘messy middle’. And why mediation can be the lifeline for our clogged courts.
[TOP STORY] Military deployment raises questions over policing capacity
‘It just seems that the police capacity to put a finger on crime and so on has just fallen so far down the hole that actually it’s a last gasp now almost to use the Defence Force to assist them,’ says defence analyst, Dean Wingrin.