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INDONESIA: Wage move may be largely cosmetic
The disruption at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines reflects wider turmoil in the gold mining sector, including a 13th consecutive month of production decline in October. Meanwhile…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240617
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256532
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TUNISIA: Workers' anti-austerity strikes will multiply
SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom will face difficult reform calls
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES238127
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The contest over wages is a proxy for unions’ broader resistance to the turnaround plan to address Eskom’s parlous financial and operational situation. The outcome will affect…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261676
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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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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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France's economic outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211672
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Efforts to tackle financial problems at state-owned coal miner Polska Grupa Gornicza (PGG) were deferred during the two-year election cycle which ended in July. PGG faces the…