BN Daybreak - Tue 31 Mar: Oil shocks; Zille on Joburg’s rise; Endres’s growth warning; and China’s trade war

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In this episode, we analyze the dramatic 4% spike in oil prices following an Iranian strike on a Kuwaiti tanker. Helen Zille discusses a "reverse migration" to Johannesburg as residents flee high coastal house prices, while John Endres warns that South Africa’s 1.1% GDP growth is merely "limping" due to a massive shortfall in fixed investment. Finally, we examine how China’s export controls on rare earth minerals are inflicting pain on the US manufacturing base.
31 Mar 1AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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