Cyril, please urgently open the economy, says former Coronation head Thys du Toit

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Thys du Toit, one of the founders of Coronation Fund Managers, and the chairman of Rootstock Asset Management has made an impassioned appeal to President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently open the economy to avoid a massive economic and social catastrophe after the Covid -19 pandemic. In this hard-hitting interview with Biznews editor-in-chief Alec Hogg he among others takes a swipe at corruption that's still eating at our economic table, with state capture and Steinhoff perpetrators still not brought to book. He believes we'll win the war on Covid-19 and the real heroes will be those who create jobs. - Stanley Karombo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 May 2020 12PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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