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In deference to the blood moon, Mark Barnes and Tim Cohen discuss some left-field topics this week.
What does the non-breakup of Google mean for investors? What is the future of the DA? And perhaps most importantly, with government issuing guarantees left, right and centre, what is the state of the state’s balance sheet?
Hint: we should be worried.
8 Sep English Explicit South Africa News · News Commentary

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