The WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick (9 December 2024)

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Bullying BRICS – Donald Trump says it’s the dollar or nothing. Later, shrinking economies and shrinking inflation. We make sense of it all. Then, government sets its sights on banks and budget airlines. But why now? And why South Africans are semigrating to the Windy City. But first: as evidence mounts against the now-former Minister of Justice, Thembi Simelane, analysts and various organisations are crying foul of President Ramaphosa’s failure to act more decisively.

8 Dec English South Africa News · News Commentary

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