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Inside this issue
• Why the JSE has failed to establish more of a continental role
• Growing trade and investment links with other, bigger, emerging markets are beginning to bear fruit - -
Content
Anxious to keep all eyes on the Cup
In spite of racial tensions and the murder of a white supremacist, investors appear calm, reports Richard Lapper
Politics: Efforts to contain Malema, a thorn in the side of the ANC
The youth leader’s outbursts are badly timed, writes Richard Lapper
The JSE: Exchange held back by apartheid-era regulations
Richard Lapper reports on a system slow to change
Banking: Change in the landscape as links grow with the Brics
Richard Lapper on increased interest in African returns
Campaign to recruit those excluded from the formal financial system
Bigger banks are beginning to reassess the commercial potential of the country’s black communities, writes Richard Lapper
Energy crisis: Big push to make sure the power stays on
William MacNamara looks at efforts by industries to prevent steep price rises threatening their competitiveness
Eskom: Components of the country’s long-term energy policy start to come into focus
The country is bound by time considerations on one side and money considerations on the other, writes William MacNamara
BEE and mining: Fierce debate over transfer of power
William MacNamara reports on the detail of legislation designed to transform society
Venture capital: Becalmed but ready for action once the BEE deal-flow ends
Margaret O’Connor considers constraints on a new wave of entrepreneurs
