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NOW Ep5: The economic cost of SA unrest

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Episode 5: Jeremy Maggs and guests count the costs of the looting: Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop on the impact on economic recovery | Investec structured property finance specialist Nosiphiwo Balfour zones in on the commercial property sector | Health Department’s deputy director-general Dr Nicholas Crisp about the far-reaching implications of the unrest on the vaccination roll-out.
21 Jul 2021 English South Africa Business · Investing

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