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Donald Trump’s surprise rise reveals the disconnect between the American punditocracy and the world it purports to know about, writes Simon Barber

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  Lower Uber prices will increase demand, GM says

  Uber GM Alon Lits says the price per kilometre has been cut from R7.50 to R6 in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria

  Politics

  • ‘Nothing sinister’ about absence of 14 ANC MPs during impeachment vote
  • Speaker hands chair to deputy after jeers

  Media

  • e.tv tells communications body idea of ‘prime-time’ news bulletin is antiquated
  • SABC fires more than 120 employees guilty of medical scheme fraud

  Labour

  • Metrorail protesters ignore interdict and gather at train station in Cape Town
  • Amcu opts for further talks with Sibanye instead of planned strike

  Science & environment

  • Orphanage gives baby rhinos a second chance
  • Water withdrawals in SA likely to increase in next 20 years

  Law & constitution

  • Commission grills judge over comments about insults of fellow judges
  • Malema grills Mnguni during JSC interviews

  Education

  • Wits apologises for disruptive protester clashes
  • New foundation to raise funds for students

  Health

  • Tax a sweet start to fighting diabetes
  • Finance commission seeks clarity on NHI fiscal effects across government levels

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation
  • Lack of nuclear transparency a cause for concern

  Columnists

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • SA’s small borrowers are subject to international credit rating standards
• Africa

  TOP STORY

  

  New wagons made in SA will allow Swaziland to rail in more fuel

  Transnet Engineering delivers 45 of its 90 wagons for Swaziland Railways

  African News

  • ICC throws out Ruto case after ‘intolerable political meddling’
  • US transfers two Libyans to Senegal from Guantanamo prison
  • Nigeria targets elusive small traders in new tax drive
  • Early morning gunfire in opposition political strongholds in Congo
  • US transfers two Libyans to Senegal from Guantanamo prison

  African Business

  • Chase Bank Kenya placed under receivership
  • Kabila twin has Vodacom stake, probe reveals
  • Telecoms firm Orange to invest in Nigeria’s Africa Internet Group
  • Mozambican tuna bonds exemplify the perils of markets at the edge
  • Uber to start operating in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
  • Zimbabwean minister says banks have credible plans to sell stakes to locals

  African Perspectives

  • How the boom-bust of Ghana is linked to Côte d’Ivoire’s revival
  • Zuma’s Nigerian visit a balm for better relations
  • Ghana’s visa relaxation a vote of faith in Africa
  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • Ivory Coast attack should not cause waves of fear

  African Leader
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  TOP STORY

  

  Australian television crew detained in Lebanon

  Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says government is trying to confirm the crew’s whereabouts and welfare, and have offered consular assistance

  Africa

  • New wagons made in SA will allow Swaziland to rail in more fuel
  • Chase Bank Kenya placed under receivership

  Europe

  • Hospital skeleton staff in place as one-day strike in Greece gets under way
  • Dutch vote on EU’s Ukraine treaty points to anti-establishment mood

  Asia-Pacific

  • Australian television crew detained in Lebanon
  • Volvo to launch self-driving car experiment in China

  Middle East

  • Human Rights Watch says US bombs used in airstrikes in Yemen
  • Australian television crew detained in Lebanon

  Americas

  • Former Anglo copper boss searches for mines to fix
  • Venezuelans get long weekends in place of electricity

  Opinion

  • UK Conservatives snared by budget trap set for Labour
  • A litany of errors behind Europe’s many crises

  Columnists

  • Wartime rape not a neat, single narrative
  • LETTER FROM WASHINGTON: ‘Barbarians’ help state keep populace in check
• Opinion

  TOP STORY

  

  Harsh choices await if we continue down the low road

  South Africa's growth path is underpinned by a lack of realism about our incapacity to produce skills and denial about jobs for unskilled and inexperienced work-seekers, writes Ann Bernstein

  Editorials

  • EDITORIAL: Impeaching the impeached
  • EDITORIAL: Not many places in which to hide

  Columnists

  • HILARY JOFFE: Politics takes centre stage at tax-collection briefing
  • NTLOKO MNINAWA: Mokotjo’s withdrawal from Bafana over Mashaba the tip of iceberg of overall discontent

  Letters

  • LETTER: Let Google address voters roll issue
  • LETTER: Big broom needed

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  JSE holds up as mining shares provide a boost

  The resources sector benefits from a pickup in commodity prices as a result of a weak dollar

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  • JSE holds up as mining shares provide a boost
  • Bonds firmer after initial gains by rand
  • Rand softer after initial gains in wake of dovish Fed minutes

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• Economy

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  Manufacturing production increases

  Although 1.9% is fastest pace of output growth since July last year, it is still low by historical standards – reflecting tepid demand, weak commodity prices

  More News

  • Business confidence improves slightly in March
  • SA plans to return to international debt markets
  • SA could look abroad to finance widening budget deficit
  • Politics hindering policy, says S&P;
  • Rating agency still wary of African Bank

  Economic Indicators

  Petrol price

  R12.62

  88c

  same

  Repo rate

  7%

  0.25pp

  same

  Prime rate

  10.5%

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  CPI (March)

  7%

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  PPI (March)

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  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Looming stagflation
  • Let’s not wait for the crisis to deepen before speaking out

  Columnists

  • SONGEZO ZIBI: Leaner SA needs policy reorientation and real sacrifices
  • HILARY JOFFE: A country downgrade would be utter misery for all

  New Agenda
• Business

  TOP STORY

  

  Lower Uber prices will increase demand, GM says

  Uber GM Alon Lits says the price per kilometre has been cut from R7.50 to R6 in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria

  Trade & Industry

  • Ports regulator embarks on reform of tariff strategy
  • SA mulls emergency tariffs on iron, steel imports
  • Trade deficit narrows sharply in February

  Management

  • Eight tips for handling opposition at work
  • Don’t lose your downtime because you are working for a workaholic
  • Six steps for turning around an aggressive conversation

  Innovation

  • Sharing economy a new capitalist form, not utopia
  • Capso rings the changes with phone talent search
  • Freedom to tailor work life to suit all your life

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  Banker SA

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• Companies

  TOP STORY

  

  Tharisa reports increased output in March quarter

  Chrome and platinum miner says it has tweaked its chrome plant to produce more high-value product to diversify its markets

  More News

  • PIC reveals concern over Lewis auditor
  • Adcock finds buyer for Indian operation
  • Transnet ports task team in place for large grain imports
  • PIC takes a stand on audit independence
  • New wagons made in SA will allow Swaziland to rail in more fuel

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• Life

  TOP STORY

  

  A niche export opportunity ripe for picking

  Indigenous rooibos and honeybush herbal teas enjoy growing demand in traditional European market, as well as new destinations in the US, Canada and China, writes Heather Dugmore

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Rappers find inspiration in a proud African past
  • Magnificence of the inner workings of the human body on display for all

  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

  Wanted Magazine

  Gadgets & Gear

  • Nine things you need to know about WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption
  • Huawei makes push to get ahead of Apple, Samsung

  Books

  • BOOK REVIEW: A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America
  • BOOK REVIEW: Fool Me Once

  Health

  • Tax a sweet start to fighting diabetes
  • A niche export opportunity ripe for picking

  Motoring

  • FUTURE MODELS: Musk’s secret master plan
  • EDITOR’S NOTE: Is Tesla coming to SA?
• Sport

  TOP STORY

  

  Day and McIlroy and Spieth set for showdown

  But strong field for 80th Masters could throw up a surprise winner

  Rugby

  • Bulls aim to play to final whistle
  • Local teams stick to old-school tactics

  soccer

  • Messi tax trial date change
  • Barca protected, fumes Torres after red card

  Cricket

  • IPL fixed for lift off, but who do you support?
  • Left-arm seamers as rare as tickeys, but Proteas need a few
  • Three global trophies will do little to revive cricket in the Caribbean
  • T20 final hailed as one of the greatest matches

  Other Sport

  • Day and McIlroy and Spieth set for showdown
  • Cummings surges to stage win
  • Bob Hewitt expelled from International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • Aspell and Clouds aim at National history
  • Legal Eagle in the market for more paydays after sixth win

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