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Implications of “junk status” for agriculture

Dr John Purchase, Agbiz, CEO wrote: “As the dust settles on the past month’s dramatic political developments and South Africa’s much-publicised investment downgrades by the rating agencies Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch to so-called junk status, reality is setting in and we have to determine what the probable impact will be, and more importantly, how we deal  with this less than satisfactory situation,”. To read this interesting article, click HERE.

Published on Monday, 8th May 2017 - 11:49

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