BN Daybreak Mon 16 Feb: SANDF’s dangerous Cape Flats admission; China trade deal ‘nonsense’; Hungary sex tape blackmail

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In today’s episode, retired US Colonel Chris Wyatt delivers a withering critique of the SANDF’s deployment to the Cape Flats, labelling it a “dangerous admission of failure” by a government kicking the can down the road. Trade expert Donald MacKay pours cold water on the proposed SA-China trade framework being hyped up by Pretoria, explaining why the math simply doesn’t add up for South African exporters. Plus, a sordid sex-tape blackmail scandal rocks Hungary’s election race; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio navigates the "new Cold War" in Europe; the historic City of London name Schroders is snapped up by US giant Nuveen; and more.
15 Feb 11PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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