Bizskoops - 16 January 2025

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On the show today …
# Another fuel price hike is on the cards
# We talk about the impact of the closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa's long steel plants on the country's economy
# The economist Waldo Krugell talks about the economics of gambling
# In international business news… Meta, plans to cut five percent of its 72-thousand global workforce
# In investment-news…. Reinet plans to sell millions of shares in British American Tobacco
And, we talk to Joe Nnditsheni Tshililo from Broadband Infinities about Sanlam and the University of the Western Cape’s Fellows Leadership and Mentoring Programme.
16 Jan English South Africa Business News · Business

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