[TOP STORY] Franchising touted as untapped engine for SA’s economic recovery

‘Corporate monopolies that are dominating key sectors of the economy are subsidised by the state. Their costs are socialised while their profits are privatised,’ says Giwusa president Mametlwe Sebei.

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‘Such activities, we plan for them appropriately, and we have diverse mitigations that we put in place to ensure that we manage the airborne radioactivity properly,’ says Eskom’s chief nuclear officer, Velaphi Ntuli.

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‘I think that is the main shift is we've looked at provisions that will allow farmers to become authorised people and then apply the vaccinations themselves,’ says Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp.