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National savings

Retirement tax cap is short-sighted

Maya Fisher-French offers Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan a savings tip
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The big interview

Fiery champ of your right to a fair deal

The consumer commissioner and her staff are battle-ready and prepared to fight the good fight.
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SA's business confidence drops

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says business confidence in the country dropped in January to its lowest level since May 2010.
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Eurozone refuses Greek rescue without reforms

Eurozone ministers have told Greece they could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed reforms.
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Media

Struggling Cape Argus looks for a gap

Plans afoot to revitalise the historic publication.
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Business

Shake-up at the top of TopTV

Adding to recent feuds over a porn channel, more changes are on the cards for satellite network TopTV, as its parent company's CEO looks set to walk.
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Social grants

Stores score on pension payday

There are moves afoot to overhaul the social grant payout system to make it less cumbersome as some grant recipients wait hours in queues.
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Land reform

How to grow communal land use

Subsistence farmers should be helped to increase yields and find profitable markets, says researcher.
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January industry vehicle sales rises

South Africa's industry vehicle sales has increased by 7% in January this year compared to the same month last year.
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Who is the world's wealthiest woman?

Gina Rinehart could soon be the world's wealthiest woman, but she will have to be content with being the wealthiest woman in Asia-Pacific for now.
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Surge in online shopping as SA gets to grips with the e-conomy

South Africans are becoming more open to the option of online shopping, with a survey reporting a 30% increase in online spending in 2010.
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Fresh calls for moratorium on public representatives' pay

The ANC Youth League has called on government to place a moratorium on salary increases for all public representatives for the next three years.
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Taiwanese fraud drops thanks to Chinese intervention

Taiwan's fraud cases fell 26% in 2010 from the previous year after the island joined hands with China to fight crime, the government said.
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Mining

Multinationals bow to tougher anti-graft laws

BHP Billiton tightening the screws on its local business associates.
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Business economics

John Lewis makes partners of employees

Innovative ownership structure turns all employees into partners.
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Unit Trusts

Short-term gains offer no guarantees

In the longer term, nothing beats stock picking, sector rotation and timing, experts advise.
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Public finance

Ratings warning a red flag

A downgrade because of rampant expenditure will have severe fiscal implications for SA.
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Fitch drops SA's outlook to negative

Due to the country's failure to create jobs and improve economic growth, Fitch has revised South Africa's outlook from stable to negative.
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ANC high-rollers spare no expense

It was tiny skirts, bulging wallets, flashy cars and booze galore as the ANC celebrated its centenary in Bloemfontein.
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Passenger ships banned from docking at V&A Waterfront

The City of Cape Town is concerned about the impact of a home affairs ban on passenger ships docking at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
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