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Selling South Africa’s future

Our future is not literally in our hands. This somewhat alarming news can be allayed, to some degree, with the good news that our future is being sold to investors, hopefully of good reputation, by a group of upstanding South African public and...
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A R24 million mistake: Who is paying?

Poor Eskom. For every step it takes forward – it cha-chas and sashays 10 backwards. The power utility says the right things, albeit not always at the right time, but seldom does the right things in the larger landscape of South Africa’s energy...
Tina Joemat-Pettersson

Agreement is “new” but not “clear”

Following the signing of an Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation yesterday between South Africa and France the stage has officially been set for a collision of lofty ambitions and financial pragmatism. This, along with the...
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A stronger emphasis on infrastructure needed

The 9th African Development Forum (ADF) opened yesterday in Marrakech with a call by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) for stronger emphasis on infrastructure and for ownership of the Africa50 Fund. Speaking on behalf of the Bank Group,...