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Sun, 01 Aug 2021 03:00:00 +0000Will the oil price surge hurt South Africa’s recovery?
Higher oil prices can increase the costs of living and doing business, and South Africa’s oil imports will also likely rise in the second half of 2021, but there are a few reasons to remain positive too
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 20:31:00 +0000R15m to rid Gauteng of dirty air
The World Bank is funding a plan to deal with air pollution in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Johannesburg
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000The budget cuts that spite a nation’s face
Starving StatsSA of its ability to measure inequality may be a short-term face-saving strategy but it does not make the inequality disappear
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000Reservations about ‘new deal’ for rhinos, lions, elephant, leopards
Draft policy promotes species playing their role in wilderness systems but one conservationist says leopards are being sold out
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000Transaction Capital finds trust among used-car salesmen
The firm believes the second-hand vehicle business will thrive in a post-Covid world
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 18:06:00 +0000Sowing the seeds for black growth
A special annual week showcases the talents of black people who love – and work with – plants
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 17:55:00 +0000‘Put farmers at the heart of food systems’ to feed the world
The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s QU Dongyu says food systems have to be transformed to make them more resilient and inclusive.
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 12:32:00 +0000Grocers reap tidy profits from liquor
Covid-19 bans on alcohol and the recent violence have exposed just how important booze sales are to retailers that once only filled trolleys with food
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 10:33:00 +0000Riots leave the dead unburied and the living at risk
Crematoriums, funeral parlours and cemeteries were forced to close, leaving the families of those who died during the unrest to live with their bodies.
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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 03:00:00 +0000Intergenerational mental trauma and violence: a two-way street
Our country is wrapped in layers of trauma caused by violence, crime, chronic hunger, deprivations, broken families, exploitation, lack of opportunities, inequality and the omnipresence of death
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