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Show me the Jannie — How Curro 2.0 will shake up SA

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In this episode, Bruce Whitfield looks at the massive shakeup in South Africa’s private school sector with the news that PSG founder Jannie Mouton’s foundation wants to buy out Curro shareholders, and turn the company into a nonprofit. Curro CEO Cobus Loubser discusses the proposed deal and its impact on South Africa. Bruce also unpacks SA’s big railway breakthrough, and US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary attack on that country’s central bank. Old Mutual Investment Group Head of Equities Research, Meryl Pick, talks us through some of the big market and company moves this week. Certified financial planner Warren Ingram shares practical tips on building wealth. The podcast is sponsored by Capitec. To catch every episode of Bruce Whitfield’s Business Week, click the follow and subscribe buttons on News24’s Spotify, Apple and YouTube podcast channels. Editions drop on Thursdays at 17:00.
28 Aug English South Africa Business · News

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