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New SAA deal could taint Pretoria's reform agenda

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It also raises questions about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reform plan for state-owned enterprises (SOEs), crucial to growth prospects and the restoration of public finances, as…

South Africa's SAA points to wider reform headaches

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Uncertainty persists over SAA’s turnaround strategy, as well as that for other ailing SOEs including arms manufacturer Denel and the Land Bank. Operational problems at troubled…

South African airline vote delay poses new dilemmas

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SOUTH AFRICA: Airline vote delay poses new dilemmas

South African airline vote will prompt funding tussle

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SOUTH AFRICA: Airline vote will prompt funding tussle

Unions could complicate Ramaphosa’s social compact

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While details are scant, the 'social compact' reportedly includes clearer deliverables than previous recovery plans. However, fears persist over government capacity to deliver and…

South African budget plans may prove too ambitious

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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…

South Africa’s national airline faces key reform test

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SAA business rescue.

South Africa’s COSATU may struggle to have influence

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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…

South Africa's Ramaphosa will struggle to reform ANC

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The intervention by new President Cyril Ramaphosa's follows recent debilitating public protests and public-sector strikes. Demonstrators have demanded the resignation of embattled…

South Africa's minerals bill could prompt legal battle

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The government's persistence in revising the Mining Charter, despite claims by industry that the process of developing the amendments was not inclusive.