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South Africa Inc laments skills shortage

05 February 2010 | Straight Talk

While our global peers worry about dwindling order books and a severe slowdown in economic activity, South Africa’s private sector executives singled out skills as the biggest obstacle to business growth. This fact emerged from the Grant Thornton Internat

The best ‘guess’ for SA macroeconomic indicators through 2010

05 February 2010 | Featured Story

On Wednesday, 3 February 2010, we attended an Association of Savings and Investments SA (ASISA) presentation of Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) statistics for the final quarter of 2009. It’s at meetings like these that you uncover the ‘big’ numbers edi

Is ‘raping the fiscus’ a crime?

05 February 2010 | The Stage

The major problem with state-owned organisations in post-apartheid South Africa is their continued abuse by politicians. With few exceptions the top jobs at so-called ‘parastatals’ are reserved for well-connected ruling-party faithful. Year after year rem

The best ‘guess’ for SA macroeconomic indicators through 2010

24 January 2010 | Featured Story

Every year economists busy themselves with predictions for GDP growth, inflation, interest rates, currency and associated macroeconomic indicators. They vainly attempt to call rising and falling trends and quarter-end levels for the rand against a basket

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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