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Full Junk Status For South Africa Is Inevitable

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While two of the three major rating agencies already have South Africa’s foreign debt ratings in sub-investment grade, finance minister Malusi Gigaba’s bleak budget speech this week practically makes ‘full’ junk for the country an inevitability. As the market and analysts digest the key takeaways from the budget speech, the overarching theme that has emerged..
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February’s Main Budget Could Be A Total ‘Bloodbath’ Judging Gigaba’s Mini-Budget

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Matthew Lester The biggest day in Malusi Gigaba’s political career so far was strongly contrasted yesterday by a vehemently negative market reaction. While being honest in his assessment of the state of the South African economy, the Finance Minister provided little hope that he has a plan to halt the bleeding. And as Matthew Lester points out below, if Gigaba remains Finance..
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Medium Term Budget Policy Statement  2017 Reveals The Full Horror Of Jacob Zuma’s Catastrophic Mismanagement Of The Economy In South Africa

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The Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba’s, “maiden” medium-term budget policy statement exposes the full horror of President Jacob Zuma’s catastrophic management of the economy in South Africa. The minister’s medium-term budget policy statement reveals a full-scale budget “blow out” with: **  a massive revenue shortfall of R50. 8 billion, which is the largest revenue shortfall..
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‘Pay back the money! She is a thief!’ ANC chants at De Lille during council meeting

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Patricia De Lille on Thursday said she has not stolen a single cent, insisting she had enough money to even consider lending money to the City of Cape Town – at a low interest rate – to deal with its water crisis. “I don’t need money from anyone,” she said ahead of her address during..
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The only thing falling faster than the Rand is the Presidents eyelids: Zuma caught napping during Gigaba’s mini budget speech

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A screenshot of Jacob Zuma taking a nap during Malusi Gigaba’s mini-budget speech has gone viral. Gigaba delivered his “maiden” budget speech on Wednesday – and the forecast was pretty grim. But if you’re hoping that President Jacob Zuma was going to zoom in to try and boost the confidence of consumers and investors, you’re..
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FeesMustFall protests descend into chaos in Cape Town

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A third wave of #FeesMustFall protests has been marred by violence, as the demonstration marched its way to Parliament. The students are demanding the release of the fees commission report, which details funding of tertiary education. These protesters have made a slashing of tuition fees their main issue to raise, on the day Finance Minister..
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Junk status looms after mid-term budget fails to inspire confidence – It is not looking good for SA

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Economists have warned that South Africa could be in line for a credit downgrade to junk status – possibly before the end of the year. Their fears come in light of Malusi Gigaba’s mid-term budget speech, delivered to parliament on Wednesday. “It is not in the public interest, nor is it in the interests of..
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Gigaba’s first test: Can he ace the mid-term budget?

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Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba is in an unenviable position. In his maiden budget – today’s medium-term budget policy statement – he must confront, among other things, low economic growth, a tax revenue hole big enough to fly a plane through and the budgetary consequences of struggling state-owned enterprises. These issues are some of the chief..
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BLSA tells Eskom: ‘You remain suspended’

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Business Leadership SA on Monday reiterated the suspension of Eskom from the organisation. BLSA said it is holding high-level discussions with Eskom’s acting CEO‚ Sean Maritz‚ regarding serious allegations of corruption and state capture that had led to the suspension of the power utility from the organisation. “The first of these meetings was held on..
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DA’s Hellen Zille is a follower of George Soros

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And just look at who, 10 years ago, acknowledged that she served on George Soros’s advice for the Open Society Foundation! Insights into Helen Zille’s background and her philosophy. Moneweb: Here in South Africa the Open Society Foundation was founded By George Sores, who’s well know in financial circles. But you also played a quite..
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