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At Telkom, it is a race to save the frog

Telkom’s 2013 financial results make for depressing reading — they show a business sliding steadily backwards, writes Duncan McLeod

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  Vote for the future, says Ramphele at party launch

  Mamphela Ramphele strongly criticises SA’s current leadership at launch of Agang SA as political party

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  • Vote for the future, says Ramphele at party launch
  • Tutu endorses Ramphele’s Agang SA

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  • Community media ‘have vital role’ to play in giving all citizens a voice
  • Relief as ANC drops Broadcasting Act revision

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  • Strike looms as municipal negotiations falter

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  • Farm goods to go up, says FAO

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  • Problems abound in the state sourcing out spying
  • MPs ask why jail cells should not be monitored

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  • Ramphele attacks ANC for ‘inferior’ education system
  • Unbundling of University of Limpopo nearly finalised

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  • HIV/AIDS class urged to reduce infection, promote awareness among students
  • Cosatu rejects Israeli circumcision device

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  • ANTHONY BUTLER: Umbrellas can cover a multitude of political sins
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  Mozambique police arrest top Renamo general, bus attacked

  Suspected opposition Renamo guerrillas attack a bus in central Mozambique, and police arrest a top general who threatened this week to ‘paralyse’ key transport routes

  African News

  • Entrepreneurship will cut youth unemployment across Africa, says Manuel
  • Mozambique police arrest top Renamo general, bus attacked
  • Hague court delays Kenyatta’s trial to give defence time to prepare
  • Renamo threat could ground Mozambique’s economic take-off
  • Refugees in Morocco stuck in limbo

  African Business

  • Angola hailed for financial controls
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  Hong Kong lets Edward Snowden leave

  Hong Kong says extradition request did not comply with the law, while WikiLeaks says it helped Snowden find ‘political asylum’ in unnamed democratic nation

  Africa

  • Mozambique police arrest top Renamo general, bus attacked
  • Refugees in Morocco stuck in limbo

  Europe

  • Euro bail-out fund rules fall short of ‘clear break’ between states and banks
  • UK banks argue they are suitably capitalised

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  • Southeast Asia chokes on deliberately lit forest fires
  • China looks set to overtake India as top bullion consumer

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  • Lebanese army seals parliament after protests
  • Afghanistan shuns US talks with Taliban, suspends troop negotiations

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  • Brazil real slides on US Fed signal
  • Protests planned across Brazil despite bus-fare concessions

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  • EDITORIAL: Lax on tax, the G-8 pledges action

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  • RICHARD DOBBS: Myanmar’s growth challenge
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  Youth the casualty of job-creation impasse

  Tragically, it appears that South Africa’s unemployed youth will continue to be casualties of deadlock, writes Tim Harris

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  • EDITORIAL: Lax on tax, the G-8 pledges action
  • EDITORIAL: Fairness, justice and the United Nations

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  • DUNCAN McLEOD: At Telkom, it is a race to save the frog
  • ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK: Huawei ascends to new heights

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  JSE closes weak in line with global markets

  The JSE ends in negative territory on Friday afternoon after a week of turbulence

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  • Oil resumes decline, falls towards $101

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  Slower inflation gives fresh impetus to rate debate

  Better than expected consumer inflation figures on Wednesday reignite debate over whether Reserve Bank will raise or cut rates in the coming months

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  • SARS approaches US, UK and Australia to rein in tax evaders
  • Government faces multibillion-rand infrastructure initiative dilemma
  • Brighter outlook for economy may be short-lived
  • Slower private sector investment rattles Reserve Bank

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  • EDITORIAL: A glimmer of economic hope
  • EDITORIAL: Tough times need extreme caution

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  • ITUMELENG MAHABANE: Infrastructure bank key to funding challenges
  • DAVID GLEASON: Spooked, despite the many signals
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  Eskom walking a power tightrope

  The threat of blackouts this winter is increasing as Eskom struggles to start implementing the next phase of its residential roll-out programme to help curb household demand

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  • Competition body’s test to assess Sasol propylene pricing called into question
  • Now Brazil accuses SA of dumping tyres
  • Association wins court bid to supply more data on chicken tariff battle

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  Eskom walking a power tightrope

  The threat of blackouts this winter is increasing as Eskom struggles to start implementing the next phase of its residential roll-out programme to help curb household demand

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  Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate

  National Credit Regulator quarterly data show bad debts among consumers in South Africa are growing faster than the number of new accounts and of credit-active clients

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  From booze cruise to isolated beauty

  Not sure whether a slow boat down the Mekong River would live up to expectations, Bas de Vos jumped on board to find out first-hand

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  Van der Merwe has weighty task ahead, but seems unfazed

  Springbok lock Flip van der Merwe plays down the significance of taking over the No5 jersey from Juandré Kruger for Four Nations match against Samoa

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