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We can already write the NDP off

National Development Plan is lacking constant affirmation by President Jacob Zuma, writes Peter Bruce

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  Strike fears as NUM demands 60% increases

  Union to seek pay rises of up to 60% from gold and coal producers, raising prospect of fresh strikes as companies battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labour climate

  Politics

  • Name dropping is here to stay for now, says Mantashe
  • DA’s Mazibuko to meet British deputy prime minister

  Media

  • SABC presenter Mbuli hailed as patriot and ‘zealous newshound’
  • Dawes leaving Mail & Guardian for Indian paper

  Labour

  • Independent unions favoured
  • Swift end to strike at Mercedes-Benz East London plant

  Science & environment

  • A company’s transparency ‘earns respect’ in SA
  • Radio astronomy publication a milestone for SA

  Law & constitution

  • Maritime law’s little closed shop of ‘racial horrors’
  • Gloves come off in fight among Cape counsel

  Education

  • Equal Education decries delays in norms and standards for schools
  • Rights agency hails SA’s children’s education charter

  Health

  • Gauteng hospitals to get waste-generated backup power supply
  • Health insurance plan, price regulation soon, says minister

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  Mines chamber takes on Zimbabwean government on marketing of minerals

  Mining sector has balked at proposed changes to mining law, but says it is keen to engage with officials on policy formulation

  African News

  • Popular subsidies divide Morocco coalition
  • M23 rebels, Congo army trade fire near Goma
  • Dlamini-Zuma confirms AU ban on NGOs at summit
  • Tsvangirai releases poll manifesto

  African Business

  • Mines chamber takes on Zimbabwean government on marketing of minerals
  • Labat Africa looks to diversify into oil with Namibia deal
  • Launch of 4G a ‘major milestone’ for Tanzania, says Smile
  • Sanlam property fund lists on Mauritius bourse
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  Wave of attacks kills at least 79 in Iraq

  Attacks on Monday extend one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years

  Africa

  • Mines chamber takes on Zimbabwean government on marketing of minerals

  Europe

  • Aide’s gaffe places Cameron in tight spot
  • Drug maker Elan looks to deals as defence

  Asia-Pacific

  • North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
  • Cyclone kills 13, destroys thousands of homes in Bangladesh

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  • Wave of attacks kills at least 79 in Iraq
  • Netanyahu says Israel planning Syria scenarios

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  EDITORIAL: CEOs swell the ranks of the jobless

  Tough corporate conditions are doing what militant unionists in South Africa wish they could — pushing well-paid business leaders out the door

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  JSE down on general negative sentiment

  South African stocks take a beating as all the main indices on the JSE close in the red

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  • Labour tensions weigh on the rand
  • Oil rises, reversing early losses as dollar weakens

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  ECONOMIC WEEK AHEAD: Reserve Bank likely to dash rate cut hopes

  Nobody expects Bank to trim key repo rate this week, but local money markets are pricing in 60% chance that interest rates will fall by the end of this year

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  • Rates expected to remain unchanged despite speculation of a cut
  • Local manufacturing sector ‘in dire straits’
  • Tax act could be subject to litigation, says Davis
  • Slump in SA retail sales growth fans fears on household spending
  • Courts reel in SARS ‘fishing expeditions’ against taxpayers

  Economic Indicators

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  R12.47

  -73c/l

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  Repo rate

  5%

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  Prime rate

  8.5%

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  GDP (Q4 12)

  2.1%

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  CPI (Mar)

  5.9%

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  PPI (Mar)

  5.7%

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  Last updated on April 30

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: CEOs swell the ranks of the jobless
  • Empowerment: opening doors to black business

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• Business

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  Union’s mining wage demands send rand to four-year low

  High wage demands by National Union of Mineworkers for workers in coal and gold mines drive rand down at prospect of more industry turmoil

  Trade & Industry

  • Meat group cries foul over poultry body’s secret figures
  • Clucking in chicken coop as import row hots up
  • SA’s business ties with other countries key to growth, says Radebe

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  Protech Khuthele says results ‘vindicate’ board’s view on Eqstra offer

  Construction, engineering and readymix group says move to profit shows progress in its strategic turnaround programme

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  • Abil stock plunges again on results
  • Labat Africa looks to diversify into oil with Namibia deal
  • E.tv deal ‘to give Seardel to another string to its bow’
  • Pioneer feels pinch as consumers cut spending

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  FAME & FORTUNE: Closing the lid on 'rubbish'

  Tarryn Lamb, a member of BlackByrd, speaks to Loni Prinsloo about her career in music

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  How to get the leadership that we desire

  New Magna Carta CEO Vincent Magwenya believes the honing of leaders begins long before school age, writes Lesley Stones

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  • SA film makers strive for glory in Cannes
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  Baxter happy he proved his critics wrong

  Chiefs mentor Stuart Baxter says it was a risk returning to SA, but he was sure he could rise to the challenge for a club with clear goals and hungry players

  Rugby

  • Labuschagne a ‘very influential player’
  • O’Connor to play as flyhalf in Wallabies Test squad

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  • Baxter happy he proved his critics wrong
  • Beckham bids tearful farewell to fans

  Cricket

  • Broad helps England trounce New Zealand
  • Indian bowlers arrested over spot-fixing

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