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THICK END OF THE WEDGE: 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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  Guptagate report: manipulation, collusion and illegal blue lights

  Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe announces findings of government report into landing of Gupta jet at air force base

  Politics

  • Saxonwold ANC ‘to act against Atul Gupta’
  • ANC wins KwaZulu-Natal by-election

  Media

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

  Labour

  • Platinum jitters as turf war flares in Marikana
  • Business as usual at all operations, says Amplats

  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

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Amcu threatens its own position
  • EDITORIAL: At the mercy of the taxman

  Columnists

  • SACP chiefs must own up to not being Marxists
  • Guptas brothers are merely a symptom, not the problem
• Africa

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  Gym chains move up, down and into Africa

  The gym business is largely recession-proof in South Africa — and now the country’s two big chains are taking aim at lower-income groups

  African News

  • Lesotho denies women right to be chiefs
  • NEWS ANALYSIS: Aid to Mali contingent on polls
  • Zanu ‘insulted’ by SA’s poll offer
  • Donors pledge billions of euros to aid Mali recovery

  African Business

  • Gym chains move up, down and into Africa
  • Sleepy island of Mauritius waking up fast
  • Zambian president risks backlash as he slashes food subsidies
  • Africa prime export destination for South African factories
  • SA, Lesotho reach agreement on new water project

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  • How Africa can deliver on its promise
  • Are good values good for business?
  • States all over globe empower, and did so in the past
  • EDITORIAL: Congo mission is fraught with risk
• World

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  EU leaders hope to win fight over tax evasion

  European leaders to gather for summit overshadowed by rampant unemployment and the deepening eurozone recession

  Africa

  • Gym chains move up, down and into Africa
  • Sleepy island of Mauritius waking up fast

  Europe

  • Aide’s gaffe places Cameron in tight spot
  • EU leaders hope to win fight over tax evasion

  Asia-Pacific

  • Cyclone kills 13, destroys thousands of homes in Bangladesh
  • S&P warns of economic slowdown if Russia fails to improve investment climate

  Middle East

  • Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town, says opposition
  • UN urges support for Syria opposition but Russia remains opposed

  Americas

  • JPMorgan investors to decide Jamie Dimon’s future
  • Iran ‘behind US cyber blitz’

  Opinion

  • Dismantling the euro is the answer
  • FINANCIAL TIMES: Clear up murky oil markets

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  • SA-Nigeria co-operation can benefit all of Africa
  • States all over globe empower, and did so in the past
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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

  Editorials

  • EDITORIAL: CEOs swell the ranks of the jobless
  • FINANCIAL TIMES: Sugar rush from Abenomics

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  • My formula for starting a revolution in education
  • THICK END OF THE WEDGE: We can already write the NDP off

  BD Alpha

  • Barber’s approach is not solving economic malaise

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  • LETTER: All pillars of society must answer
  • LETTER: Knives out for Obama

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  • Toyota’s new promotion: fancy that!
  • Jolie’s preventive mastectomy opens a medical Pandora’s box

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  There just may be glitter in gold shares

  Gutsy investors with an appetite for the yellow metal may want to consider benefiting from bargain prices in listed gold company shares

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  • There just may be glitter in gold shares
  • JSE ends flat as gold shares sell off; platinums make good gains
  • Labour tensions continue to weigh on rand

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  • Spanish government between a rock and a hard place
  • Stricter rules needed to support growth of African bourses

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  Commodities

  Gold

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  Platinum

  1446.5000

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  up

  Silver

  21.3755

  1.52%

  up

  Palladium

  732.5000

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  Brent Crude Oil

  104.570

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• Economy

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  Rates expected to remain unchanged despite speculation of a cut

  Apart from price stability, the Reserve Bank should keep an eye on employment and growth numbers

  More News

  • Manufacturers in South Africa stay confident
  • 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

  Petrol price (95)

  R12.47

  -73c/l

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  Repo rate

  5%

  0.0pp

  same

  Prime rate

  8.5%

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  GDP (Q4 12)

  2.1%

  0.9pp

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  CPI (Mar)

  5.9%

  0pp

  same

  PPI (Mar)

  5.7%

  0.3pp

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  Opinion

  • Platinum industry faces a new time bomb
  • Russia ‘rediscovers’ Africa after a decade of neglect

  Columnists

  • IN THE MARKETS: Better ways to get investment than through blackmail
  • Amcu leaders deny responsibility for new strike
• Business

  TOP STORY

  

  Bungling at Icasa in the spotlight

  Fresh questions about bungling at telecoms regulator Icasa as Vodacom gears up to fight regulator’s claim of R77.8m for alleged licensing fee arrears

  Trade & Industry

  • Clucking in chicken coop as import row hots up
  • SA’s business ties with other countries key to growth, says Radebe
  • Sasol rival says its expansion thwarted by propylene prices

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  • How to get the leadership that we desire
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  • SA’s green jobs: how are they growing?
  • ASK THE EXPERT: Greening your suppliers
  • Gauteng hospitals to get waste-generated backup power supply

   

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  Why Fastjet failed to take flight

  Glitch with Fastjet’s website scuppers local launch date of the low-cost carrier

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  • Altron CEO says takeover by Altech makes sense
  • Gym chains move up, down and into Africa
  • Venkat stepping into a cauldron at AngloGold
  • Nando’s hots up as competition bites

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• Personal Finance

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  New movie aims to provide financial literacy education

  Business has collaborated with the government to offer a fun way to get the message of saving across to pupils

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  • Platinum ETF to chase gold issue

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  CRUCIAL CD COLLECTION: Doug Jerebine

  The story of Doug Jerebine ought to satisfy even the most demanding rock cultist, writes Richard Haslop

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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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  • Nadal makes short work of Federer to win Italian Open
  • Honda deal vital for McLaren’s race hopes, says MD

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  • Barca have Neymar bid rejected
  • Tearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and career
  • Deans happy to take a punt on O’Connor at flyhalf
  • An inconvenience for Colsaerts as SA's Grace and Aiken make semis

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