Investment drive is smoke and mirrors

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Most indicators tell the story of a country in crisis, regardless of the huge sums of money committed at Cyril Ramaphosa’s fifth investment conference, writes msmkokeli

The dollar cost R12 when President Cyril Ramaphosa kicked off his investment attraction drive in April 2018 with a trip to London. Six years later, he and his government are still engaged in talk shops, and the dollar — South Africa’s share price — is around R18, having lost about half its value since then...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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msmkokeli No company can invest in a country with power shortage.

msmkokeli Shame on all who voted for this clown!!!

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