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Mantashe deals the cards ANC is playing

ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe has established his office as the nerve centre of the organisation, writes Anthony Butler

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  Molefe made permanent CEO of Eskom

  Brian Molefe appointed group CEO of Eskom, Anoj Singh as chief financial officer and Ben Ngubane as chairman of the company

  Politics

  • New Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane riles ANC, industry
  • ANC’s electoral maize and other not-so miner issues

  Media

  • SABC turns R358m profit into almost R400m loss as advertisers walk
  • SABC annual report shows Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s massive salary increase

  Labour

  • Numsa will not get protection for corruption strike in time for march
  • Sun International employees protest ‘delayed’ salary increases

  Science & environment

  • Global warming all hype, MPs told
  • Green City Startup competition winners

  Law & constitution

  • SA on the right path with new foreign investment law
  • New bill makes local solutions a priority

  Education

  • Wits school of business wins with case studies
  • DA files complaint with Human Rights Commission against Sadtu

  Health

  • Letaba Hospital staff to be charged for patients’ death
  • SA best in Brics with antibiotics use

  Opinion

  • SA on the right path with new foreign investment law
  • New bill makes local solutions a priority

  Columnists

  • ANC’s electoral maze and other not-so miner issues
  • By 2024, brave decisions can turn SA around
• Africa

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  Deloitte to bolster African offerings

  Professional services firm Deloitte Africa wants to ensure its clients in the region are serviced appropriately

  African News

  • Claims of 82 Mozambicans killed for rhino poaching
  • Want to buy lunch, clothes, phone cards? Ask a Harare policeman
  • Kenyans mark Westgate anniversary
  • Burkina Faso army moves on capital to disarm coup leaders
  • Burkina Faso mediators propose November election

  African Business

  • Glencore's Zambian unit plans to lay off workers
  • Choppies pursues targets in spite of opening delays
  • Cash-strapped oil nations hinder Nampak
  • Curro makes first cross-border school acquisition
  • Acsa close to securing advisory tender in Ghana
  • SA tops for investors in Africa despite slide

  African Perspectives

  • SA’s role in Africa overrides Bashir warrant
  • East-West divide is a limiting bar to progress
  • Should Heritage Day be renamed Heritages Day?
  • African mines struggle for funding
  • Rural poor harvest hope from Africa’s tree of life

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  Obama hosts China’s president amid simmering tensions

  President hosts Xi Jinping for first state visit, but pomp and ceremony is unlikely to mask tensions over alleged Chinese cyber spying, Beijing’s economic policies

  Africa

  • Deloitte to bolster African offerings
  • Curro buys private school in Namibia

  Europe

  • Eurozone lending to companies, households edges up
  • Greece’s Tsipras says reforms, debt relief are priority

  Asia-Pacific

  • Obama hosts China’s president amid simmering tensions
  • Hyundai to recall 470,000 Sonata sedans in US

  Middle East

  • Saudi suggests pilgrims at fault over haj deaths, Iran indignant
  • Islamic State frees Kurdish photographer but not reporter

  Americas

  • Obama hosts China’s president amid simmering tensions
  • US growth revised higher

  Opinion

  • JOSEPH STIGLITZ: Workers bear brunt of rate hikes
  • EDITORIAL: Finally, sense prevailed on Iran nuclear

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  • EDITORIAL: Finally, sense prevailed on Iran nuclear
  • Old-school reporting still relevant in IT world
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  SA should build economy on gas

  Cheap, clean, safe energy is there for the taking, writes Aldworth Mbalati

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  • EDITORIAL: Kganyago’s fine balancing act
  • EDITORIAL: Angie Motshekga tested by teacher revolt

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  • ANTHONY BUTLER: Mantashe deals the cards ANC is playing
  • NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC’s electoral maize and other not-so miner issues

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  • LETTER: Rugby mirrors our national psyche
  • LETTER: Individuals do count

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  JSE closes flat as Europe bounces back on VW rebound

  Gross domestic product growth downgrades by Reserve Bank has raised questions about the sustainability of relative high valuations on JSE

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  • JSE closes flat as Europe bounces back on VW rebound
  • Rand unchanged in wake of US second quarter growth number
  • Bonds turn weaker as fund managers expect rates to rise further

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• Economy

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  Heat is on providers to show value for healthcare spending

  SA’s weak economic outlook means there is no immediate hope of new funding for healthcare

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  • Reserve Bank leaves interest rates unchanged
  • Inflation slows in August due to petrol price decrease
  • Prices at factory gate increase but at slower pace in August
  • Economic downturn dilemma for Reserve Bank
  • Leading indicator falls 3.6% year on year in July

  Economic Indicators

  Petrol price

  R13.26

  -0.51c

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  Repo rate

  6%

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  CPI (July)

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  PPI (July)

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  Last updated on August 28 2015

  Opinion

  • EDITORIAL: Fed rates move crucial for SA
  • SA might ride misery wave until better days in 2020s

  Columnists

  • HILARY JOFFE: Nene on a tightrope with a hat running out of rabbits
  • ZAMA NDLOVU: East-West divide is a limiting bar to progress

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  SA regulator, government to probe VW emissions

  Government will investigate whether Volkswagen vehicles in country are affected by car maker’s admission it cheated on emissions testing for diesel engines

  Trade & Industry

  • SA regulator, government to probe VW emissions
  • SA wheat import duties climb to record as US prices drop
  • SA on the right path with new foreign investment law

  Management

  • Five steps toward thwarting a team rebellion
  • Education powered CEO’s giant strides to leadership
  • New business degree to add prestige lost by MBA

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  • Get up, stand up … now mobilise for your rights
  • Finns take recycling to a new level
  • Sugar beets a path to innovation

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  NHBRC CEO back on board despite murky exit

  Former National Home Builders Registration Council head resurfaces in powerful post despite disciplinary hearing

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  • SA regulator, government to probe VW emissions
  • Denel CEO and finance chief on special leave
  • Debt-reduction plan pays off but Astrapak braces for tough times
  • SABC not in the business of profit, says Motsoeneng
  • Technology shares enjoy re-rating rally

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• Life

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  AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Hunting for healing in clouds of loss

  British author Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk is a story of ‘loss, love and the natural world’, the success of which took her by surprise, writes Sue Blaine

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Game of Thrones, Veep sweep fresh air into Emmys
  • Emmys celebrate TV’s best, but are viewers overloaded?

  Travel & Food

  • Young commis chef wows judges with pink peppercorn macaroons
  • Jamie Oliver’s good food with a little naughty

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  Gadgets & Gear

  • New iPhone 6s hits stores
  • Apple lists top 25 apps hit by malware in first major attack

  Books

  • Romance novelist Jackie Collins dies at 77
  • BOOK REVIEW: Rogue Elephant

  Health

  • Mobile app updates doctors on patients’ general health
  • Drug firms step up research with fitness gadgets

  Motoring

  • How car software can rig a test
  • Apple presses ahead with efforts to create car, though questions remain
• Sport

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  Unscripted win by Japan adds fizz to Rugby World Cup

  Eddie Jones used skill and wit to trump size with devastating effect in Brave Blossoms upset — a credo to guide rugby transformation debate, writes Liz McGregor

  Rugby

  • Battered Springboks still backing themselves
  • It’s official: Japan mastermind Jones to coach Stormers

  soccer

  • Switzerland to extradite Venezuelan soccer official to US
  • Pirates hungry for win against Polokwane City

  Cricket

  • Dalmiya’s death leaves cricket power vacuum
  • Profit-driven cricket bosses have ensured there can be no fairy-tale upsets
  • India bypass speedsters for Proteas Twenty20 duel
  • Rabada focuses on Proteas victory as tour to intimidating India looms

  Other Sport

  • MTN-Qhubeka to become Team Dimension Data
  • Fifth season win confirms Jason’s Day has arrived
  • Questions hang over July jockey’s belated fine
  • Vettel shrugs off Singapore track invasion to pip Senna in books
  • Sascoc hits back at javelin star after claims of tardy funding

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