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Bizskoops - 20 November 2025

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On the show today …
# South Africa’s credit ratings saw a significant positive development last week
# Inflation is up zero-point-one percent month-on-month
# The economist Waldo Krugell talks about good news in terms of the country's economy this past week
# In international business news… Judge rules Meta did not break antitrust laws when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp
# In investment-news… Pick n Pay’s founding family has sold about 64-million shares
And, we are joined by the Head of Commodities at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) about the JSE’s commodities market support to agricultural producers and exporters in South Africa.
20 Nov 2025 English South Africa Business News · Business

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