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Winde criticizes Mboweni’s ‘blatant lies about hospitals’

[ad_1] By IOL Reporter 8h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – Western Cape Prime Minister Alan Winde was scathing in his criticism of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, who continued to pour billions of rand from taxpayers into SAA, negatively affecting service budgets health, among others. Perhaps Minister Mboweni’s …

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Mboweni admits World Bank loan is uncertain as talks progress

[ad_1] By ANA Reporter 8h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Parliament – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni confirmed on Wednesday that South Africa’s chances of obtaining a World Bank loan may have diminished, but says the National Treasury remains in talks with the institution. He suggested that since the discussions concerned …

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Total makes second offshore gas discovery in SA

[ad_1] The finding is expected to provide a much-needed boost to South Africa’s ailing economy, which was already in recession before the coronavirus pandemic hit. JOHANNESBURG – French energy giant Total announced on Wednesday that it had made a second “significant” gas discovery off the southern coast of South Africa, …

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Delving into the genomes of Africans

[ad_1] Wits geneticists and partners published a groundbreaking study reporting on the history of the African population, environmental adaptation and susceptibility to disease. More than three million new genetic variants were discovered in one of the largest studies of high-depth sequenced African genomes reported to date. Photo: Cover of NATURE …

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