No more SOE bailouts; Pvt sector impatient with CR; R35bn exports reviewed; Mantashe journalist bribe?

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In this week's business headlines:  
The focus this week will be on Wednesday’s mid-term budget by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni followed by Moody’s credit-rating review on Friday.
Opposition parties have urged the government not to give any more bailouts to the state owned enterprises. Meanwhile the DA has appointed John Steenhuisen as the party's Parliamentary leader after the resignation of Mmusi Maimane.
The private sector has indicated it is becoming impatient with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s  waiting game to take steps to fix the country's economy.
R35bn in SA exports to the US are in danger of a 'review' which was triggered by SA’s copy right reform efforts.
Tiso Blackstar and the South African National Editors forum express shock about the allegations that Gwede Mantashe bribed journalists to shush about his sex life.
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27 Oct 2019 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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