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- Mbeki encourages Soweto residents to vote for ANC
Former president Thabo Mbeki has urged the residents of Soweto to come out in numbers to vote for the ANC in the national and provincial elections on May 29.
- LETTER: Freedom Day: reminder of democracy's fragility
Freedom Day is a seminal event in SA history, marking the transition to its first nonracial democratic elections. This day not only commemorates a pivotal moment, but serves as a reminder of a democracy's inherent fragility.
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- Absa gets new finance chief
Absa has promoted its group chief risk officer Deon Raju to the role of financial director, after the resignation of Jason Quinn who left the role last year after he was appointed as Nedbank CEO designate.
- Parliament passes 'landmark' Climate Change Bill
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed SA's first piece of legislation which aims specifically to address the effects of climate change.
- Ipsos survey: voters unimpressed with ANC as election nears
The ANC, which has governed SA for three decades but is beset by financial, administrative, operational and governance challenges is "struggling" to impress voters a month before the crucial 2024 general elections, the latest survey by global market research firm, Ipsos, shows.
- LETTER: EFF, MK ignore reality of manifesto proposals
It is widely held that the 2024 election will be of crucial importance, with no clear predictions on the outcome. What is clear is that with both the EFF and the MK parties' platforms being based on the expropriation of all land by the state, and the ANC tilting in the same direction, this election will reveal how powerful the promise of returning the land to its "rightful owners" is.
- Nearly 4,000 jobs on the line at Implats
Nearly 4,000 jobs are on the line at Impala Platinum (Implats), as the platinum sector continues to labour under subdued prices that have seen widespread job cuts across the sector, one of the biggest employers in the mining industry in SA.
- MARTINA BIENE: Freedom Day: a time for SA to consider how best to reach our dream deferred
Saturday, April 27, is a time for all of us who love SA so deeply to reflect. It's 30 years since the country went to the polls for the first time as a nation after centuries of division, half a century of which was legislated oppression.
- BRIAN KANTOR: Wealth may matter more than income
The resilience of the US economy in the face of higher interest rates has surprised many. Members of the US Federal Reserve's federal open market committee, having pencilled in several cuts to interest rates to come in 2024, have seemingly reversed course.
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