Rene Vollgraaff
Team Leader, Sub-Saharan Africa Economics at Bloomberg News
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5 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Rene Vollgraaff
ISA Brown chickens in a chicken coop at an egg farm in Mason, Michigan, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025. Egg prices have soared to a record of over $8 a dozen, driven by the worst-ever outbreak of avian flu in the US and contributing to broader inflation pressures. Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s biggest money manager will give financial support to state-owned poultry producer Daybreak Foods after reports of birds starving to death. The Public Investment Corp.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Rene Vollgraaff
(Bloomberg) -- Mauritius’s central bank declared Wednesday a bank holiday and the stock exchange suspended trading after the country’s meteorological services warned of torrential rainfall. The bank holiday took effect at 10:30 a.m. local time and trading on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius was set to be suspended from 12:30 p.m., the Bank of Mauritius and the exchange said in separate statements.
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1 month ago |
bloomberg.com | Rene Vollgraaff
Trade tariffs announced by President Donald Trump affirm the urgency to negotiate a new bilateral and mutually beneficial trade agreement with the US, South Africa’s Presidency said. “Whilst South Africa remains committed to a mutually beneficial trade relationship with the United States, unilaterally imposed and punitive tariffs are a concern and serve as a barrier to trade and shared prosperity,” the Presidency said in a statement Thursday.
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1 month ago |
nz.news.yahoo.com | Paul Vecchiatto |Rene Vollgraaff
(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Democratic Alliance criticized the African National Congress’s reluctance to share control of economic policy, escalating an impasse over the budget that’s strained relations between the two biggest parties in the nation’s coalition government. Most Read from BloombergGold-Rush Fever Returns to Historic New Zealand Mining TownWhy Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck? How SUVs Are Making Traffic WorseTrump Slashed International Aid.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Paul Vecchiatto |Rene Vollgraaff
(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Democratic Alliance criticized the African National Congress’s reluctance to share control of economic policy, escalating an impasse over the budget that’s strained relations between the two biggest parties in the nation’s coalition government. Most Read from BloombergAdvertisementThe ANC on Friday balked at a proposal by the DA to share management of economic policy, Cape Town-based news website News24 reported.
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