The Insider
The Insider reports regularly in Business Day and BDlive on what's going on behind closed doors in South Africa.
Too long in office without a serious electoral challenge is precisely that — absolute power, writes Allister Sparks
At issue before the justice committee is whether the bill can survive the succession of one parliament by another
AU breaks ranks with Sadc’s hardline stance against President Robert Mugabe’s elections push
President Dilma Rousseff expresses sympathy with ‘the voice of the streets’, promises to address grievances including poor public services and corruption
Mark Shuttleworth’s case against the constitutionality of exchange controls is important for all South Africans, writes Leon Louw
Clues on Fed’s plans to taper off quantitative easing could upset local markets, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
| All Share | 40962.60 | -0.10% | down |
| Top 40 | 36560.97 | -0.10% | down |
| Financial 15 | 11140.41 | -0.91% | down |
| Industrial 25 | 46995.32 | -0.05% | down |
| Resource 10 | 46953.49 | 0.23% | up |
Nomura warns of more job losses in ailing platinum mining sector, suggests that 121,500 jobs are at risk by 2015
| Petrol price (95) | R12.47 | -73c/l | same |
| Repo rate | 5% | 0.0pp | same |
| Prime rate | 8.5% | 0.0pp | same |
| GDP (Q1 13) | 0.9% | -1.2pp | same |
| CPI (April) | 5.9% | 0pp | same |
| PPI (Apr) | 5.4% | -0.3pp | same |
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
SA’s biggest generic drug maker says deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline’s thrombosis drugs and manufacturing site could lift turnover by £300m
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
Unlike in Europe, there is a dearth of these family-friendly cars on South Africa’s roads, writes Alexander Parker
South African Football Association asks Fifa to probe damaging claims of financial mismanagement made in anonymous dossier
The Insider reports regularly in Business Day and BDlive on what's going on behind closed doors in South Africa.
| All Share | 40927.11 | -0.19% | down |
| Top 40 | 36539.56 | -0.16% | down |
| Financial 15 | 11129.68 | -1.00% | down |
| Industrial 25 | 46895.87 | -0.26% | down |
| Resource 10 | 47023.85 | 0.38% | up |
| Gold | 1369.8100 | 0.12% | up |
| Platinum | 1441.0000 | 0.14% | up |
| Silver | 21.6935 | 0.13% | up |
| Palladium | 710.5000 | 0.49% | up |
| Brent Crude Oil | 106.220 | 0.19% | up |
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Icasa chairman Stephen Mncube. Threatening foreign journalists outside Madiba’s hospital about some of their “unlicensed” equipment is unreasonable and disingenuous in the era of 24/7 international news.
Eskom CEO Brian Dames. Signing an agreement with contractors and unions at two new power stations to “ensure consistent and acceptable treatment” of workers is a good start. Let’s hope it ends well too.
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