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1 – 8 of 8This followed two days after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which offered an honest assessment of the steep deterioration in the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247562
ISSN: 2633-304X
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A week previously, new Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) showed a worrying deterioration in deficit and debt ratios. However, President…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239576
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Outlook for South Africa's gold sector.
However, cuts to the social grants budget and a continued focus on the planned three-year wage freeze for civil servants has annoyed (among others) the ruling ANC's ‘Tripartite…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259790
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However, the MTBPS relies even more heavily on getting powerful public-sector unions to agree to unprecedented wage freezes over the next three years, putting its credibility in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257211
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Due to take effect on May 1, it would introduce a single wage floor set at 20.0 rand (1.5 dollars) per hour. The NMW is a significant departure from current minimum wage…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225771
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A squeezed economic climate, growing challenges from rivals and uncertainty over its relationship with the ruling ANC present the federation’s leadership with an existential…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238469
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Lonmin has spent 1.6 billion dollars in cash since 2008 and lost 98% of its value since 2012. The takeover will reportedly see 12,600 of Lonmin’s 35,000 jobs cut over three years…