Moneyweb@Midday

[TOP STORY] Counterfeit goods amount to 10% of SA economy

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‘People cannot afford to buy legal stuff and are inevitably turning to the black market to find cheaper alternatives. The problem is they may find cheaper alternatives, but they may also get dangerous products for their own health,’ says Stefano Betti, vice president of the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit…

14 Nov 2023 8AM 7 min

[TOP STORY] Motsoaledi: Current immigration laws are unworkable

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‘Because of these lax laws and the problems that we're having, the real refugees who deserve refugee status are not served because there are lots of people who are pretenders, who are not supposed to be part of the refugee regime of the country,’ says Minister of Home Affairs, Dr…

13 Nov 2023 8AM 7 min

Hawks, banking sector team up to fight financial crime

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A round-up of news updates, including the Home Affairs's White Paper on citizenship, immigration and refugee protection. A look at the WHO report on TB, the launch of a forensic analysis centre to deal with financial crime and budget cuts putting strain on the SAPS.

13 Nov 2023 5AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] SA must address the 'systemic decline in municipal infrastructure'

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‘How is it that we care; or do we all just establish a no care attitude, and everything just goes downhill faster. Have you walked into your local mayor's office and said, I'm a concerned citizen of this community and I would like to help,’ says Roelie van Reenen, supply…

10 Nov 2023 7AM 5 min

Army not necessarily answer to illegal mining scourge

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at whether deploying the army will help curb illegal mining. Analysis of what needs to be done to fix service delivery at a municipal level and the impact of a delay in developing a coalition framework for political parties.

10 Nov 2023 5AM 30 min

[TOP STORY] Spaza audits feared to create division and xenophobia

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‘If it's only targeting spaza shops that are owned by foreign nationals, then it's unlawful, it's unconstitutional, and it will be challenged based on discrimination,’ says Sharon Ekambaram, head of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights.

9 Nov 2023 7AM 5 min

City of Tshwane resumes wage talks.

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A round-up of news updates, including plans by government to audit spaza shops. A look at Transnet’s requests for debt relief and calls by civil society for government to urgently address socioeconomic challenges.

9 Nov 2023 5AM 29 min

[TOP STORY] Ramaphosa must address Joburg ‘city capture’ crisis

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‘I think the power of a metro like Johannesburg, if ignored and for it to collapse completely, would be really beyond the realm of imagination for any political party or even the president to ignore,’ says Neeshan Balton, executive director at the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.

8 Nov 2023 7AM 5 min

Uber wants drivers to earn more

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at calls for the president to intervene to fix JHB’s coalition chaos. Analysis of Uber’s 10 years in SA and a look at the latest migration trends in Africa.

8 Nov 2023 5AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Three ministers allegedly involved in attempted R5bn UIF corruption

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‘One cannot but imagine how much the fiscus would have lost and whether such an amount would have been recoverable, had those vigilant and very upright senior officers at the UIF not pushed back,’ says Tebogo Khaas, chairperson of Public Interest SA.

7 Nov 2023 7AM 5 min

Health department issues malaria warning

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A roundup of news updates, including a look at the impact of SA recalling its diplomats in Israel.

7 Nov 2023 5AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Gautrain plans expansion as congested roads forecast to worsen

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‘It's a policy decision that we made a few years back that rail will become the backbone of public transport in the whole of the province and that in itself becomes a big issue,’ says Tshepo Kgobe, chief executive officer designate at the Gauteng Management Agency.

6 Nov 2023 8AM 7 min

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.

6 Nov 2023 5AM 31 min

Agoa: ‘Political backbone’ required to boost bilateral trade prospects

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‘One of the issues that the Americans are going to be firm on this time around is around corruption because it's part of the conditions of the services that the government must be able to deal with corruption,’ says Dr Kingsley Makhubela, director at RiskRecon.

3 Nov 2023 9AM 6 min

Saftu urges govt officials to send their kids to public schools

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at the benefits of Agoa for South Africa. A look at a new proposal by Saftu for senior government officials' children to be in public schools and what it takes to be voted SA’s best cheese.

3 Nov 2023 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Will reducing the number of provinces streamline government?

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‘Then the money we would've put into province, I think can then go into things like infrastructure, the really hard stuff that really makes an area and a location investor friendly,’ says TK Pooe, public policy specialist from the Wits School of Governance.

2 Nov 2023 10AM 6 min

Prosecution-led investigations key to SA’s corruption fight

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A round-up of news updates, including unpacking the MTPBS. A look at whether there is political will to restructure the size of government and as the Boks begin their trophy tour, we look at lessons to be learned from the team.

2 Nov 2023 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Eskom on perilous and ‘unsustainable path’

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‘Eskom still, despite all of the massive tariff increases that we've all been subjected to, still isn't making enough money to cover its costs. So it's tariffs are still not cost reflective, and that's just not enough to cover its costs, let alone ramp up maintenance to the levels needed,’…

1 Nov 2023 9AM 6 min

Fedusa: Austerity not the answer

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A round-up of news updates, including analysis of the latest results from Eskom. Parliament committee raises concerns about misleading information on the Bela Bill and a look at the latest news from the Middle East.

1 Nov 2023 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Agoa Forum: How will SA navigate the diplomatic minefield?

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‘I'm still not sure that the US buys South Africa's non-aligned stance, despite what they say, we really do need the US as both a trade and, probably more importantly, as an ongoing investment partner,’ says Donald MacKay, CEO of XA Global Trade Advisors.

31 Oct 2023 10AM 4 min