[TOP STORY] Increasing demand for kidnap and ransom insurance in SA

‘We’ve seen almost $165 billion of investment flowing into US-based exchange-traded funds. Much of that could have been invested in emerging markets like South Africa,’ says Marius Reitz, GM for Africa and Europe at Luno.

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‘Retaliation, with the scale of market we have, might have other unintended consequences that might potentially be much more counterproductive to our industrial policy ambitions,’ says Ayabonga Cawe, chief commissioner at Itac.

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‘The fact that we are seeing the value of their properties rising above inflation means their wealth levels are rising alongside the rising property prices,’ says Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, senior economist at FNB.