SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

The Economic Report: SA economy has lost R90-billion, and it's looking more grim for retail and mining sectors!

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Every Wednesday we'll get the latest economic numbers and data from IRR Chief Economist, Ian Cruickshanks!

Join this discussion with Big Daddy Liberty and IRR analyst, Hermann Pretorius,, as we look at what will be the release of the latest retail numbers, and Ian reveals that the South African bond and equity markets have now shed R90-billion in value this year.

Can we stem this bleeding before its too late?

We also discuss the ailing mining sector with deals with militant and violent unionism...is AMCU looking to embark on another protracted and messy labour strike?

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14 Aug 2019 4AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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