[TOP STORY] Inflation at more than 6% will boost wage demands

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‘We're getting close to that level again where the economy might not be keeping...up with population growth. ...This decline is a big concern for us in terms of job creation, in terms of inequality’: Dr Christie Viljoen of PwC.

5 May 2022 2AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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