[TOP STORY] The numbers behind Purple Group’s profit surge

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‘In the first seven days of April [clients] deposited R400 million ... So the old adage that retail runs away from a fight or from a storm is just not true’: Purple Group CEO Charles Savage.
9 Apr 2025 11PM English South Africa Business News · Business

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