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African COVID-19-related lockdowns.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252403
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The announcement will put further pressure on South Africa’s already stressed financial markets. The rand and bond prices fell sharply yesterday, raising questions about whether…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251684
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The proposed overhaul, prompted in part by populist sentiment against so-called ‘white monopoly capital’, aims to facilitate competition and open the economy to smaller…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236223
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Some deficiencies were detailed in a 2021 FATF report and in October 2021 the country was given 18 months to remedy them or face greylisting. Greylisted states face tougher due…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276155
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Viruses, however, survive better in the environment during winter and respiratory viruses transmit more readily during a colder, drier season. While some countries experienced the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB255084
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COVID-19 remains a complex disease due to lack of effective treatment, uncertainty around variants, marked differences by country and region on vaccination progress, and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262147
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The budget framework presented on February 20 provided a record 69-billion-rand (5-billion-dollar) rescue package for ailing power utility Eskom over three years. Despite measures…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242124
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Wealth, inheritance and ‘solidarity’ taxes are being considered -- with the latter recently flagged as one solution to pay for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and pandemic-related…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258902
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This 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
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African democratic trends.