SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

R50 billion lost: An economic trainwreck

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Today's Daily Friend Show with Chris Hattingh, Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the recent revelations that problems with Transnet have cost the country R50 billion in lost mining revenue. They also discuss South Africa's low economic growth outlook, more coalition troubles and finally a controversy kicked up by a Ugandan general.

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6 Oct 2022 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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