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01 Jul 2011
 
 
ANC leaders look impotent amid destructive nationalisation rhetoric
NATIONALISATION
Many South Africans probably breathed a slight sigh of relief last week when two key business organisations indicated that they were ready to engage in a “robust” debate on the merits, or the...
 
 
24 Jun 2011
 
Anti-nationalisation battle must be won – Sibiya
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Resistance to the nationalisation of South Africa’s mining industry is escalating with increasing audibility. The Chamber of Mines of South Africa CEO Bheki Sibiya, who has for some time kept...
 
 
22 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – June 22, 2011
PODCAST
The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has asked for an urgent meeting with government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi's boss, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane, to discuss the...
 
 
21 Jun 2011
 
Big business warns on investment costs of nationalisation debate
MINE NATIONALISATION
Mine nationalisation was not only a “bad idea”, but big business in South African argued on Tuesday that the manner in which debate was currently being conducted was eroding policy certainty,...
 
 
17 Feb 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
South-South trade is growing fast; carbon regulation, and in particular taxation, must not disadvantage South Africa economically; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that, while he...
 
 
15 Feb 2011
 
Pricing of water should reflect infrastructure costs
WATER MANAGEMENT
Infrastructure degradation, water inefficiency, backlogs in providing access to basic water services, wastage and problems such as acid mine drainage were exacerbating water scarcity in South...
 
 
26 Nov 2010
 
SA’s politically biased Africa agenda in urgent need of revision
REAL ECONOMY: ECONOMIC RELATIONS
It’s ironic, but business’ grasp of the importance of the rest of Africa to South Africa’s growth fortunes seems to be firmer under the Presidency of the relatively parochial Jacob Zuma than...
 
 
08 Oct 2010
 
Generation plan in itself inadequate to galvanise power investments
REAL ECONOMY: ENERGY POLICY
Much attention is being given to the second version of the integrated resources plan, or IRP 2010, which government still insists will be promulgated during November, despite delays to the public...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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