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[TOP STORY] Calls for Sarb governor to resign

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‘They are acting indifferently to the situation in the country, the situation of mass
unemployment, and they must know that this hike will increase unemployment even
further,’ says AIDC senior economist, Dick Forslund.

29 May 2023 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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