Green shoots in SA's economy … but caution advised
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A round-up of news updates, including a look at government's nuclear procurement plans.
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[TOP STORY] Electricity and logistics reforms drive cautious optimism on SA economy
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SA prisons hellish says Judge Cameron, Minister agrees
With the largest prison population in Africa, how can South Africa transform its jail system for the betterment of those incarcerated and for society at large?
[TOP STORY] Ultra-rare disease costs threaten sustainability of SA medical schemes
‘For smaller schemes, you find that some of them rarely collect contributions in excess of R50 million per year. If they were to fund treatment for one of these diseases, it then becomes a very big portion of what is actually collected,’ says Charlton Murove, head of research at the…
Concerns around rise in illegal tyre burning and dumping
A new proposal to help medical schemes mitigate the cost of ultra-rare disease treatment. Why Mango may have truly reached the end of the runway. And a move to get a uniquely South African crop off the tariff list.