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A round-up of news updates, including a look at what the top priorities should be for the new Transnet CEO.
Analysis of SAA’s finances and a look at how the Department of Health is readying itself for the implementation of the NHI.

29 Feb 2024 5AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] ‘Consequences are dire’ if new agriculture minister doesn’t address FMD bottlenecks

‘Farmers are battling to get vaccine and it is a huge crisis. We are seeing vaccinated animals that are being infected now post-vaccination, and that is purely because the animals around them have not yet been vaccinated,’ says Andrew Morphew, spokesperson, FMD Response SA.

17 Jun 8AM 7 min

30 June: Legal immigration deadline or public misinformation?

DA proposes Steenhuisen demotion amid growing FMD crisis. Cape Town takes unwanted crown as world's worst port. And SA emerges as a retirement haven for British expats.

17 Jun 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Markets may be celebrating the Iran deal too soon

‘There is still a concern that even at $85 a barrel, oil prices are way above where they were a few months ago, and therefore inflationary pressures might still be around over the next few months,’ says Dr Azar Jammine, chief economist at Econometrix.

15 Jun 7AM 7 min

60% unemployed: Why young South Africans still can’t get a foot in the door

What a Middle East peace deal means for SA’s economy. Amnesty International raises alarm over growing annexation fears in the West Bank. And global advertising boom faces $54bn gulf crisis threat.

15 Jun 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Early Burnout: Why South African workers are exhausted by June

Penquin HR director Annemie Burger suggests typical ‘driven’ people tend to just keep on going, and you sometimes want to take their laptop and lock it away and tell them, ‘You need time for yourself’.

12 Jun 9AM 8 min