NewsWrap - Farmers and Steenhuisen; Gautrain drain; Property rising; SA’s brighter economy; Johnson on corruption.

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In this episode of Newswrap from BizNews, organised agriculture backs new minister John Steenhuisen; AA’s stirs up resistance to Lusufi’s R120bn Gautrain expansion; Magnus Heystek likes local property - even in Gauteng; Fedgroup upbeat on SA economic rebound; Nobel prize-winning economist Simon Johnson on the impact of the US election; colonisation and corruption.

15 Oct 2024 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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