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Phala Phala: A legal win or a blow to accountability?

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Progress on fixing SA’s power and rail, but it’s not enough yet. A 5% acceptance rate forces SA’s top medical students overseas. Flexible work gains traction again amid cost pressures.

11 May 6AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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‘Medicine is different. If you get enough points, you won't necessarily get in. They can only take the top 5% or 6%,’ says Brad Latilla-Campbell, country manager at Crimson Education.

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‘It gives claimants a new chance now until 30 September of this year to resubmit claims which were previously unlawfully rejected,’ says Kirstie Haslam, partner at DSC Attorneys.

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[TOP STORY] Xenophobic rhetoric risks escalating into organised violence

‘It’s having implications for business. I think that business certainly needs to make its voice heard more loudly,’ says Ferial Haffajee, associate editor at the Daily Maverick.

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