Unemployment hits record 29% & Land Advisory Panel endorses EWC | The Daily Friend Show (31-07-2019)

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Join us in discussion with IRR CEO, Frans Conje, IRR analyst, Gabriel Crouse and special guest and cartoonist, Jeremy Nel, better known as JERM.

In this discussion we give our first thoughts on the recently release report by he Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform, and the threats posed by their endorsing of ways to expropriate property-rights.

We look at the sluggish economy, and the now record unemployment rate of 29%. How long can this continue?

Will the ratings agencies, especially Moody's further downgrade SA?
31 Jul 2019 6AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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