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25 May 2013
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16 Mar 2012
 
 
Shifting equation
REAL ECONOMY: ENERGY & POLITICS
Nobody the world over would argue with the notion that energy and politics are inextricably linked. Whether it's the issue of foreign oil and the role it plays in the US and in shaping its military...
 
 
09 Mar 2012
 
Beneficiation benefits
REAL ECONOMY: BENEFICIATION
South Africa, at long last, is moving beyond the chaotic mine nationalisation debate and is beginning instead to concentrate on how the country’s still substantial unexploited mineral resources...
 
 
02 Mar 2012
 
Procurement promise
REAL ECONOMY: BUDGET 2012
The dichotomy between South Africa’s healthier-than-expected government finances and its less-than-healthy growth outlook was the undoubted macro theme of Budget 2012. There was no sign of the...
 
 
24 Feb 2012
 
Vital vision
REAL ECONOMY: ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP
An anecdote shared recently by well-known international economist Danny Leipziger on the importance of having an economic vision and pursuing growth-supporting infrastructure development as part of...
 
 
17 Feb 2012
 
‘The fierce urgency of now’
REAL ECONOMY: INVESTMENT
What can government do to improve the outlook for growth and job creation in light of some serious external and domestic economic headwinds? Standard Bank’s chief economist Goolam Ballim has...
 
 
10 Feb 2012
 
New rules
REAL ECONOMY: PREFERENTIAL PROCUREMENT
It is interesting to note that Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) has made an application to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for engineering consulting services to be given...
 
 
03 Feb 2012
 
Good news, but . . .
REAL ECONOMY: FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Amid the prevailing economic gloom and doom, it came as welcome relief to learn that South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 269% in 2011 – climbing to $4.5-billion last...
 
 
27 Jan 2012
 
Make a Call!
REAL ECONOMY: TOLL ROADS
As with every other Gauteng motorist, I am certainly not enamoured with the idea of having to pay toll fees. But as a citizen of South Africa I am even more troubled by the lack of leadership being...
 
 
 
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