Business reporters key to indebtedness story � Thamane

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CEDA chief executive officer, Thabo Thamane, says business reporters are crucial to uncovering the impact the household indebtedness crisis is having at grassroots level, as high-level efforts continue to rein back the crisis.

Speaking at CEDA’s workshop for business journalists last Wednesday, Thamane added his organisation’s voice to growing cross-sectoral concerns on the rising levels of household indebtedness.

“Government is concerned about the high level of indebtedness which accounts to 80 percent of loans from banks,” he said.

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BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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