Alexander Parker
Alex is the editor of Wanted magazine and a contributor to Business Day newspaper and BDlive.
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THICK END OF THE WEDGE: #Gupta: An affair to remember
Peter Bruce: Mcebisi Jonas's bombshell makes the entire Optimum acquisition moot
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Nene was removed because of weakening rand, says Zuma
President Jacob Zuma says there were ‘reasons of government’ for firing former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene in December
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- We cannot have a leader who cedes part of his job to corrupt business interests
- Nene was removed because of weakening rand, says Zuma
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Proposed restructuring of Mozambique bond ‘tantamount to default’
S&P; and Moody’s say proposed restructuring of about $700m of bonds issued by state-owned tuna-fishing firm could be tantamount to a default
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Syria’s Kurdish-controlled regions approve federal system
US State Department, Turkey and Damascus reject Kurds’ vote to unite three key northern Syrian regions in defiance of Assad
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- Proposed restructuring of Mozambique bond ‘tantamount to default’
- Consumer market outlook in Africa ‘still positive’
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STREET DOGS: Reprehensible Mr Miser
Michel Pireu: What greater evil could you wish a miser than long life?
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Fed helps boost JSE to year high
JSE all share index shrugs off South Africa’s political controversies and takes courage from Fed’s positive sentiment
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All Share 53190.56 0.96% up Top 40 47169.67 0.73% up Financial 15 15711.33 2.82% up Industrial 25 72046.1 -0.03% down Resource 10 30747.48 2.23% up All data is delayed by 15 min.
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Reserve Bank raises interest rates by 25 basis points
Three MPC members supported a rate hike, while three other members favoured unchanged rates
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Petrol price R11.74 -69c same Repo rate 7% 0.25pp same Prime rate 10.25% 0.5pp same CPI (February) 6.2% 1pp same PPI (February) 7.6% 2.8pp same Last updated March -
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Business SA calls on Zuma to respond to Jonas’s statement on Gupta offer
Business Leadership SA says if other senior public office bearers have had similar approaches to that of Mcebisi Jonas, they need to speak up now
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- SA to keep preferential access under Agoa
- York shows strong growth, despite weak economy
- Moves to revive SA’s wobbly brandy industry
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- Women leave companies because of compensation issues, not family demands
- THE POINT: Lean start-ups will excite SA’s young people
- Lonmin chief a catalyst for change
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Jacques announced as new chief Rio Tinto
Current Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh will retire and be replaced by Frenchman Jean-Sebastien Jacques in July, who will become the deputy CEO in the interim
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When you combine music with the things you see, it goes into the spirit
South African jazz musician Carol Mombelli says he wants to evolve as an artist and go through different phases like the artist Picasso
Arts & Entertainment
- When you combine music with the things you see, it goes into the spirit
- Bushfire’s 10th showing to feature acts from more than a dozen countries
Travel & Food
- SA’s Michelin man will never again mistake ‘fowl’ for ‘breast’ in French
- Walter Sisulu square in Soweto lacks the pulling power of Vilakazi Street
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Pay back the money, Fifa orders takers of bribes
Fifa says South African bid committee’s payment to Concacaf was bribe in exchange for votes in 2010 World Cup bid process
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