[TOP STORY] Consumers set to dig deeper for potatoes from September

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‘Indications are that it’s about 7.4 million 10-kilogram bags that will be lost as a result of black frost. So that is the extent of the damage,’ says Paul Makube, agriculture economist at FNB.

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Shadow bankers: ‘Paying fines has become a cost of doing business’

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[TOP STORY] Hijackings overtake theft, and business vehicles most at risk

‘We must remember that vehicle crime largely is driven by opportunity and what a would-be-criminal wants to be able to do is to get into your vehicle and drive away as quickly as reasonably possible,’ says Duma Ngcobo, chief operating officer at Tracker.

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Middle East conflict: ‘Reliance on oil makes SA vulnerable’.

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‘As things stand, we have opened for submissions for the public to make representations, whether for or against the proposal, and the process is currently opened until 15 October 2024,’ says Vuyisile Mshudulu, director of arts and culture in the City of Johannesburg.

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