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/ 4 December 2007
Consumer confidence has surprisingly rebounded to close to its previous record, according to the First National Bank (FNB)/Stellenbosch University Bureau for Economic Research’s (BER) latest FNB/BER consumer confidence index, which was released on Tuesday. Consumer confidence increased by four index points.
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/ 12 November 2007
The 45-year-old driver accused of causing a bus accident on Friday appeared briefly in the Piketberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Western Cape police said. Ten farm workers died when their bus went over a cliff near Piketberg in the Boland, and seven remain in a critical condition in hospital.
Consumer confidence declined further during the third quarter of 2007, according to First National Bank and Stellenbosch University’s Bureau of Economic Research’s consumer confidence index (CCI) released on Tuesday. The CCI declined by three index points — from 21 during the second quarter of 2007 to 18 during the third quarter of this year.