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BizNews Briefing: Steenhuisen v/s Trollip; Alcock on Spaza poisoned food; Bacher on 2025 outlook

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In the first BizNews Briefing of 2025, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen and ActionSA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip go toe to toe on luxury blue light vehicles; GG Alcock unpacks the destructive reaction to the ‘Spaza poisoned food’ fracas; David Bacher looks at the 2025 investment outlook; and our partners at Bloomberg look at the oil price increase and AI's impact on the world. Join BizNews editor Alec Hogg as he unpacks the biggest stories of the day.
13 Jan 2025 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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