[TOP STORY] Rugbynomics: What’s behind soaring Springbok ticket costs?

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‘They want to maximise their profits. They do not necessarily want to fill up the stadiums. That's not their prime objective,’ says Dawie Roodt, chief economist at the Efficient Group.

10 Jul 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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