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BizNews Brefing - Ramaphosa drives GNU onto rocks; DeepSeek smashes tech stocks

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In this episode, BizNews editor Alec Hogg updates us on why SA’s Government of National Unity is teetering; explains why tech stocks have been hammered by China’s new IT Champion DeepSeek; and unpacks why President Donald Trump’s urgings to ‘Drill Baby Drill’ are unlikely to have any practical impact on energy production.

27 Jan 2025 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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