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South Africa

MANAGING RISK

Africa’s largest pension fund changes tack

South Africa’s Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) will bolster its oversight of the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) investment ... mandate, while it cautiously invests in the rest of Africa.

What to Watch in 2020

Eskom woes cast long shadow for South African mining

There's no escape on the horizon in 2020 for South Africa's miners from the crippling power outages caused by load-shedding at state-owned electricity ... utility Eskom.

year in review

South Africa: A year of ups and downs

For the democracy at the bottom of Africa, 2019 will be known as the year it held another successful election, made efforts to fight corruption ... in business and government, and won the Rugby World Cup – all of which united South Africans behind a single purpose. However, the year was also punctuated by more crippling blackouts, a weaker economy and a new wave of xenophobic attacks.

What to Watch in 2020

De Beers must face the fact that lower diamond prices are here to stay

The worst may be over for De Beers in terms of having to make concessions to its customers at its auctions in Botswana. ...

TURBULENT TIMES

SA’s cash-strapped airline needs a lifeline, as GEPF deny bailout talks

The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has not been approached to bail out South African Airways (SAA). This is according to GEPF principal ... executive officer Abel Sithole, who presented the pension fund’s 2018-2019 annual report in Johannesburg on Thursday, December 12.

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counter tweet

China’s new Twitter diplomacy in Africa used to challenge US critics

After many years of silence, Chinese envoys are now finding their voice... on Twitter. ...

Rand collusion

South Africa should restrict rand access for offending foreign banks

A call from South Africa’s competition regulator to be given extra-territorial powers to prosecute foreign banks whose actions affect South ... Africans has drawn short shrift from investors.

denial and distorsion

How South Africa’s white liberals dodge honest debates about race

The ideological position of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition party, on how to achieve racial justice and equality in ... post-apartheid South Africa is morally confused.

making moves

South Africa: Transnet scores a rail deal in Ghana

Transnet has continental ambitions beyond freight and wants to be a major player in railway equipment and expertise. It is starting by reviving ... narrow-gauge railways in West Africa.

hats off

Politics and fashion: the rise of the red beret

From the 'bonnet rouge' of the French revolution, via MAGA and the Economic Freedom Fighters, the red hat has always been a powerful political ... symbol.

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