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	Q4 Growth Figures Show Inventory-Led Recovery in South Africa Above-expectation fourth-quarter GDP growth figures have revealed an industry- and government-led economic ...
	24 Feb 2010

	Budget 2010: Finance Minister Reaffirms Policy Cornerstones in South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has committed to prioritise spending on infrastructure and employment ...
	18 Feb 2010

	Manufacturing Rebound to Boost Q4 Growth in South Africa Following the upward surge in the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) over the last three months, manufacturing ...
	12 Feb 2010

	South African President Renews Spending Commitment in Latest State of the Nation Address In his State of the Nation speech, President Jacob Zuma has defined 2010 as the "year of action"; ...
	12 Feb 2010

	Empowerment Policies Surface Again in Zimbabwe and Namibia Transparent and impartial black empowerment policy in Namibia has contrasted with Zimbabwe's Indigenisation ...
	11 Feb 2010

	Inflation Ticks Up on Technical Factors in South Africa Statistics South Africa shows December headline inflation at 6.3% year-on-year (y/y), from 5.8% y/y ...
	28 Jan 2010

	South African Interest Rates on Hold on Electricity Tariff Fears In line with IHS Global Insight's expectation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South ...
	27 Jan 2010

	Zambia Sets Out Economic Policy Objectives for 2010 Zambian economic policy highlights for 2010 centre on a shift in the government's domestic debt ...
	15 Jan 2010

	Top Ten Sovereign Risk Ratings Forecasts for 2010 Investors are on high alert for sovereign risk ratings in 2010, with concerns highlighted by the recent ...
	11 Jan 2010

	Special Report: Service Delivery One of the hot topics from 2009 was service delivery. Monitoring reports on municipal service delivery ...
	8 Jan 2010

	Failed Airline Bombing Heralds Security Shake-Up, Global Focus on Yemen The attempted bombing of a flight bound for Detroit in the United States on 25 December has dominated ...
	6 Jan 2010