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BUSINESS

There goes the neighbourhood

Sacu, the apartheid-era customs union, must adapt if it is to survive — but it’s going to hurt.

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8 min read
Fuel for thought: Using water and productive land for biofuels will jeopardise Southern Africa’s food security. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)
ANALYSIS ROMAN GRYNBERG

On full tanks and empty bellies

South Africa’s move to foster bioethanol is self-defeating and unneighbourly.

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8 min read
Across the globe at present we are in a world structured by self-devouring growth. (Photo: Philip Mostert)
ANALYSIS ROMAN GRYNBERG

Botswana in thrall of riches

Beware the dazzle of the latest kimberlite discovery, policymakers: diamonds aren’t forever.

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6 min read
BUSINESS

SA dumps Nkrumah for Rhodes

By selfishly pursuing a free trade area at the cost of broader unity it is compromising its neighbours.

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6 min read
Mauritius is converting precious farmland into housing estates and shopping malls.
ECONOMIC GROWTH

Mauritius’ economy ‘miracle’ not all it seems

Granted, the island country has made good use of the aid it received, but its economic position now is akin to that of Spain.

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7 min read