Transport infrastructure needs shot to the vein

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A round-up of today’s news, including a look at whether the MTBPS will pump some much-needed lifeblood into SA’s transport arteries. And how the massive US debt pile might impact other countries.

1 Nov 6AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Increasing demand for kidnap and ransom insurance in SA

‘The real goal of this insurance policy is really to ensure the safe release of the victim and importantly deal with any collateral damage to the family, to the businesses that may be involved,’ says Richard Hood, CEO of Olea Africa.

1 Nov 9AM 6 min

[TOP STORY] Dion George on SA’s plan to negotiate trillion-dollar climate change funding

‘That number is looking at a global number that we believe the developed economy countries should be contributing to the developing economy countries,’ says the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.

31 Oct 8AM 8 min

SA-Ukraine visa furore: 'We must weigh up the risks'

A round-up of today’s news, including the contention around proposed visa-free access to SA for Ukrainian diplomats. A post-mortem of the Mid-Term Budget Speech with a top economist, and are enterprise development programmes helping or hindering SMMEs?

31 Oct 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Positive outlook for consumers as grid power costs decrease

‘It's an obvious point that if energy prices can come down, then overall consumer prices will come down, that will give the central bank some space to cut interest rates,’ says Roy Havemann, consulting economist at the Bureau for Economic Research.

30 Oct 9AM 8 min

Successful animal disease control helping economy

A round-up of today’s news including a look at the expected economic impact of Black Friday sales. And why an agricultural expert says government and industry are doing a good job in curbing the spread of diseases amongst livestock.

30 Oct 6AM 32 min

Transport infrastructure needs shot to the vein

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