Bizskoops - 09 January 2025

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On the show today:
# Fuel prices are set to rise again in February
# Shoprite Checkers is taking over several Pick n Pay stores
# The economist Waldo Krugell talks about the market mechanism
# In international business news… Toyota invests millions to compete in the private space sector
# In investment-news…. Shares of Naspers and Prosus both slumped this week
And, we talk to Joe Nnditsheni Tshililo from Broadband Infinities about Sanlam and the University of the Western Cape’s Fellows Leadership and Mentoring Programme.

9 Jan English South Africa Business News · Business

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