Flash Briefing: Sars targets Bitcoin traders; Ford ditches Brazil, invests in SA; investors snap up SA bonds

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* Ford Motor Co. will plow $1.05 billion into a plant in South Africa -- its biggest-ever investment in the country.
* Record demand at South Africa’s weekly sale of government debt suggests the lure of relatively high yields still outweighs investors’ concern about the country’s fiscal path.
* The South African govt appears to be eyeing crypto currency profits as an additional way to build tax revenues. There are more than 3m traders in SA on one platform alone.
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2 Feb 2021 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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