Natasha Marrian

Johannesburg

Editor at Large at Business Live

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Articles

NATASHA MARRIAN: Wanted - leaders who put SA first

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

Prosus’s offer for Just Eat Takeaway may succeed, but not without testing its determination and commitment to prudent capital allocation
Budget brings GNU to the brink

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

The impasse over the budget has exposed a fault line in the seventh administration: the ANC and the DA do not agree on what the GNU is and how it should function. This makes genuine negotiations virtually impossible. At the time of going to print on Tuesday, the vote on finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget — which had been rescheduled for delivery from February to March 12 — was set to go ahead.
NATASHA MARRIAN: Zuma could grab KZN if DA leaves GNU

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

THE GHOST TRAIN Take an overdose of Trump, add some tariffs, bring to a boil, and voila — a hot mess in consumer stocks
DA budget rebellion leaves GNU on shaky ground

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Linda Ensor |Natasha Marrian

MARKET WRAP Business Day TV speaks to Jordan Toy from Legacy Family Wealth
ANC makes ‘final’ budget offer to DA

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian |Linda Ensor

STOCK WATCH Business Day TV speaks to Ricus Reeders from PSG Hole In One Ruimsig and Mark du Toit from OysterCatcher Investments
Ramaphosa and Steenhuisen to meet to rescue budget deal

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

The role of the deputy minister of finance is at the heart of the disagreement between the ANC and the DA, which thwarted a potential deal to pass the budget, with President Cyril Ramaphosa and DA leader John Steenhuisen set to meet on Tuesday morning. The two anchor parties in the GNU have made significant progress in talks to pass finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s March 12 budget but the process hit a snag on Monday after the ANC refused to agree to the latest amendments on the document. ..
GNU set to pass sternest test yet as budget deal looms

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian |Linda Ensor

The ANC and the DA were on the brink of signing a historic deal late on Monday to pass the budget through parliament, underlining significant progress to break the impasse in the last 48 hours. If it comes to pass, a deal between the ANC and DA would mean the two anchor parties in the government of national unity (GNU) would have passed the toughest test faced since the formation of the coalition government last year.
One-year VAT-hike deal on the table in feverish budget talks

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

India, China and Thailand send relief materials and teams, with aid and personnel from Malaysia, Singapore and Russia
NATASHA MARRIAN: Red berets are too heavy a weight for the fragile GNU

4 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

Will the ANC rescue the EFF from its dwindling electoral fortunes? The ANC drawing the EFF into the government of national unity (GNU) to vote with it in parliament for the March 12 budget would mark a significant lifeline for the opposition party, given its decline in electoral support and internal ructions after the departure of its deputy president, Floyd Shivambu.
NATASHA MARRIAN: South Africa must address deteriorating US relations

4 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Natasha Marrian

Alarm bells are ringing over perceptions that when it comes to EIAs, he who pays the ‘independent’ expert calls the tune — and harmful projects are being waved through as a result