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A-Plus Show - Ep 13 - CR's sweeping power reforms, 2024 coalition prospects, informal economy booms

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BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 13 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: President Ramaphosa this week announced sweeping reforms to SA's energy sector; the former CEO of the IRR, Dr Frans Cronje, reflects positively on SA's future national coalition prospects come 2024; political analyst Dr Ralph Mathekga on what we should take out of the ANC's KZN conference and informal economy specialist GG Alcock on why SA's unemployment rate is far lower than the official numbers suggest. And Capital Energy Resources' Enrico Ganter discusses the potential unintended consequences of SA deregulating 93 octane petrol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Jul 2022 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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