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Public service should not induce fear and loathing

As long as middlemen proliferate, it will be a sign of a lack of vitality in our public services, writes Mzukisi Qobo

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  NEWS ANALYSIS: Malema’s claim of manipulation could weaken Zuma

  Julius Malema appears to have found a weapon that could be powerful in his fight with President Jacob Zuma: his claim that state organs ‘are being abused’

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  • SA in ‘race against time’ to build brand-new political vehicle
  • Even power abusers can hide behind smiles

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  • SABC board member tells of ‘campaign’

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  • Amplats digs in heels as Impala caves in on wages

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  • Joburg wants households to sort their waste
  • Woolworths wins global responsible retail award

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  • Whistleblowers need more protection, say 'secrecy bill' opponents
  • Malema gets bail of R10,000, charged with money laundering

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  • Presidency defends government’s education track record
  • Zuma joins UN drive as a ‘champion’ of education

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  • Strike halts medical deliveries
  • KwaZulu scientists ‘hold key’ to HIV

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  • Lessons for SA in growth elsewhere in Africa
  • EDITORIAL: Cosatu’s suicidal wage proposal

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  • SA needs to rethink how to gain from a new China
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  New figures dim US recovery hopes

  Orders for durable US manufactured goods fall sharply, suggesting economic growth is stalling

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  • Zimbabwe rate of economic growth may slow to 5%
  • Nigerian power plant bidders named

  Europe

  • Spain’s budget focuses on spending cuts
  • Trial date set for News Corp’s Brooks, 13 co-accused

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  • LETTER FROM CHINA: China’s assertive naval policy meant to correct historic error
  • NEWS ANALYSIS: Japan and China using islands as a distraction

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  • Embattled Assad in talks with Iran
  • Nato scales back as Kabul bomb kills eight from SA

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  • Obama goes on the offensive at UN assembly
  • US report links Iran’s state oil firm to elite ‘terror’ unit

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  • How to use information asymmetry to stay in power
  • THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The moral from Murray

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  • SA needs to rethink how to gain from a new China
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  Project Mthombo is crucial for fuel security

  South Africa cannot afford to postpone a positive decision on Mthombo lest we find ourselves in the terrible situation with regards to liquid fuels that we experienced in 2008 during the electricity crisis, writes Nosizwe Nokwe-Macamo

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  • EDITORIAL: Give tariff system a chance

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  • Public service should not induce fear and loathing
  • Moody’s downgrade a no-confidence vote in Zuma

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  JSE closes slightly higher on mining counters

  Tone remains tentative due to continued labour strife in mining sector, while global mood sours as optimism after Spanish budget gives way to fear about bank stress tests

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  • Oil holds above $112 on general upbeat mood
  • Shares give up gains on nervousness over Spanish banks

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  • Stricter rules needed to support growth of African bourses

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  Demand for credit growth slows in August, as expected

  Private-sector credit extension data point to corporate hoarding, while economists warn accelerated growth in household lending comes off a low base and does not necessarily signify robust consumer health

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  • Surprise downgrade reflects SA’s ‘reduced capacity’
  • Economic and fiscal policies reviewed in ‘rolling uncertainty ’
  • Gordhan sees better financial regulation in 18 months
  • Labour and business bid to sway ANC on economy
  • Poor must be protected from future shocks, says Gordhan

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  R11.97

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  Repo rate

  5%

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  Prime rate

  8.5%

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  GDP (Q2 12)

  3.2%

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  CPI (July)

  4.9%

  -0.6pp

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  PPI (July)

  5.4%

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  Last updated on August 31

  Opinion

  • ANC mine stakes undermine state’s neutral role in labour
  • EDITORIAL: Cosatu’s suicidal wage proposal

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  • How can SAA not be making a fortune?
  • Political opportunism is damaging SA Inc
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  Decision on e-tolling likely in a week or two

  The interministerial committee on e-tolling, chaired by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, has met Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance officials

  Trade & Industry

  • Union confident it can end transport strike this week
  • Africa urged to use trade law, duties against China
  • SA, EU lock horns

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  • Giving a big break instead of getting one
  • Time — it’s on your side
  • Rural idyll is really an urban myth

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  SAA names interim chairperson

  Board member Duduzile Myeni to chair interim board until annual general meeting in two weeks' time

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  • Poynting more than doubles earnings
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  Pick of the month: Sasol

  Sasol’s dividend cover is 2,3 times, so it is keeping a lot of cash behind to fund growth

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  Loving trains and those who love them

  Bearnàrd O’Riain sees beautiful things from a lifetime of taking trains and taking the time to settle in with their passengers

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  • A ‘Robin Hood of the arts’ in Dark City
  • ON THE STAGE: Danse l’Afrique danse!

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  Fun will be the formula for favourites US

  Ryder Cup hosts bank on Chicago mob, while Europe invoke Ballesteros

  Rugby

  • Loftus win will restore faith in Meyer’s Boks
  • Springboks will win well against weak Australia

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  • Top flight may be in for a reshuffle
  • Baxter cautions Amakhosi against league newcomers

  Cricket

  • ‘Group of death’ makes Twenty20 exciting
  • Players switch drinks after stomach upset

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  • Mercedes stalling over Schumacher’s future

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  • Plumtree relieved with close win
  • Wits come up trumps against Maritzburg United
  • U.S. sizzle in Cup sunshine to lead Europe 5-3
  • Must-win pressure is on the Proteas
  • Schumacher to take time over future
  • Australia crush India after record opening stand

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