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The indignity of black life will not stop without land

Without land, upward mobility will still largely be in government hands, writes Sipho Hlongwane

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  MPs grill Zuma over relationship with Guptas

  President Jacob Zuma stonewalls questions in the National Assembly about his friendship with the Gupta family

  Politics

  • ANC gets into gear for Gauteng election showdown
  • Prominent IFP members join ANC

  Media

  • Relief as ANC drops Broadcasting Act revision
  • Power FM faces battle for piece of the ad pie

  Labour

  • Solidarity asks HRC to facilitate dialogue with SAA over cadet debacle
  • Business Connexion, Conscript Africa launch app for job seekers

  Science & environment

  • Business calls for clarity on proposed carbon tax
  • Farm goods to go up, says FAO

  Law & constitution

  • MPs clash over time to finish controversial Legal Practice Bill
  • JSC calls for applications to fill court vacancies

  Education

  • Unbundling of University of Limpopo nearly finalised
  • Review of public servants’ pay due as soon as Sadtu talks conclude

  Health

  • Alarm raised about lack of AIDS drugs
  • Cosatu rejects Israeli circumcision device

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Poll a battle for the ‘born-frees’
  • SIPHO HLONGWANE: Have a little sympathy for Igesund and Bafana

  Columnists

  • ALLISTER SPARKS: Ramphele could help trim the ANC’s ‘absolute power’
  • SIPHO HLONGWANE: A simple test for Julius Malema
• Africa

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  Islamist rebels attack UN compound in Mogadishu

  Denel staff reported killed as Islamist militants launch deadly assault on UN compound, dealing blow to fragile security gains

  African News

  • Militant Islamists drive Nigerian farmers from land
  • Unilever calls Africa next growth market
  • Mozambique’s Renamo threatens to paralyse vital coal railway
  • Zimbabwean civil society, human rights groups look to July 31 poll despite Mugabe

  African Business

  • Power capacity a focus for Zambia
  • IMF launches programme to repair relations with Zimbabwe
  • Venture capital tie-up spreads SA expertise
  • Africa needs to ‘pump local investment’ into oil to grow industry
  • Algeria probes state power boss over Alstom, General Electric deals

  African Perspectives

  • EDITORIAL: A repeat of 2008 is looming in Zimbabwe
  • Lessons for Africa from Japan and East Asia
  • How Nigeria’s welcome oil discovery became its curse
  • If you expected any different from Tambo, the joke is on you
• World

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  Eurozone slump eases but recovery not yet on cards

  Bloc’s purchasing managers index for manufacturing and services rises more than expected in June but remains in contraction territory

  Africa

  • Islamist rebels attack UN compound in Mogadishu
  • Militant Islamists drive Nigerian farmers from land

  Europe

  • Eurozone slump eases but recovery not yet on cards
  • Banks seen at risk as Swiss bury US tax bill

  Asia-Pacific

  • Chinese factory activity at nine-month low
  • World ‘not truly safe’ from nuclear threat

  Middle East

  • Afghanistan shuns US talks with Taliban, suspends troop negotiations
  • World ‘not truly safe’ from nuclear threat

  Americas

  • Obama defends US monitoring tactics
  • Banks seen at risk as Swiss bury US tax bill

  Opinion

  • ALEXANDER FRIEDMAN: West shifts to statism as China does the opposite
  • EDITORIAL: A repeat of 2008 is looming in Zimbabwe

  Columnists

  • RICHARD DOBBS: Myanmar’s growth challenge
  • SIMON LINCOLN READER: How Nigeria’s oil discovery became its curse
• Opinion

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  EDITORIAL: Tough times need extreme caution

  With more turbulent economic tides expected, Treasury would rather see prudent decision-making now than a panicked response

  Editorials

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

  Columnists

  • DAVID GLEASON: Financial Services Board exculpates itself in advance
  • ANTON HARBER: Wanted: more space for small radio operations

  BD Alpha

  • Europe’s youth unemployment non-problem
  • Myanmar’s growth challenge

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  • LETTER: Eskom should excel in other ways
  • LETTER: SA full of strangeness

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  Bernanke’s clarity on free money takes markets unaware

  Asian markets implode after Federal Reserve announces stimulus package will probably end in the middle of 2014, and Chinese data add momentum to falls

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  • Bernanke’s clarity on free money takes markets unaware
  • Rand softer on weaker China PMI, US Fed’s ‘hawkish’ stance
  • JSE slips on global risk aversion

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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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• Economy

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  Brighter outlook for economy may be short-lived

  Rand gains after better-than-expected inflation and current account data but an under-recovery of about 80c/l in the petrol price already suggests higher inflation levels next month

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  • Slower private sector investment rattles Reserve Bank
  • Rand surges as current account deficit narrows unexpectedly
  • Consumer inflation slows more than expected
  • Fitch reaffirms SA’s borrowing credentials in global markets

  Economic Indicators

  Petrol price (95)

  R12.47

  -73c/l

  same

  Repo rate

  5%

  0.0pp

  same

  Prime rate

  8.5%

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  GDP (Q1 13)

  0.9%

  -1.2pp

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  CPI (May)

  5.6%

  -0.3pp

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  PPI (Apr)

  5.4%

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  Last updated on Jun 19

  Opinion

  • CHRIS LOGAN: Association wants to pluck cash-strapped consumers
  • NICK VAN GIESEN: Africa holds key to tackling global food crisis

  Columnists

  • STEVEN FRIEDMAN: Malema hype is a symptom of middle-class fear
  • DAVID GLEASON: High price for getting sums wrong
• Business

  TOP STORY

  

  Now Brazil accuses SA of dumping tyres

  Brazil initiates antidumping probe into imports of new truck and bus tyres from SA, Russia and Asian countries, alleges manufacturers are dumping at a 51.98% discount

  Trade & Industry

  • Now Brazil accuses SA of dumping tyres
  • Association wins court bid to supply more data on chicken tariff battle
  • ‘Chicken wars’ set to produce only losers

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  • Business calls for clarity on proposed carbon tax
  • Greening still has a long way to go

   

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  Alexander Forbes plans are paying off

  CEO upbeat on three-year-old turnaround strategic review

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  • Famous Brands proves way to consumers’ hearts is through stomach
  • Growthpoint’s ‘green’ office block in Midrand ready for occupation
  • Jubilee takeover of Platinum Australia to proceed
  • National Empowerment Fund sweet on KwaZulu-Natal ice-cream business

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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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  The art of making tools that make art

  Artist Conrad Hicks scaled back his blacksmithing operation to allow him to focus on being creative, writes Penny Haw

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  We need to be honest, we are chokers, says Kirsten

  South Africa lose to England in Champions Trophy semifinal and captain AB de Villiers offers ‘no excuses’ for Proteas’ crushing defeat

  Rugby

  • Louw back to help Boks get a break against Samoa
  • Individuals shine in erratic Baby Boks side

  soccer

  • Torres hopes to get a chance to impress
  • Pele invites scorn from Brazilian protesters

  Cricket

  • We need to be honest, we are chokers, says Kirsten
  • England thrash Proteas to reach Champions Trophy final

  Other Sport

  • Three boxers stripped of local titles for not renewing licences
  • NSA to detail 50 foiled terrorist plots, including planned NYSE attack

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  • Fans give Khune a fine Label
  • Proteas annihilated after pitiful batting display
  • Looking to outflank the Samoan wide boys
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  • Serena Williams apologizes for rape case remark
  • FIA accuses Mercedes of gaining from illegal test

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