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World Business Report: First broadcast 11/05/2023 14:32 GMT : Ramaphosa: 'My government not sleeping on the job'

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Ramaphosa: “my government not sleeping on the job”

First broadcast 11/05/2023 14:32 GMT 

First broadcast 11/05/2023 14:32 GMT : Ramaphosa: 'My government not sleeping on the job'

Ramaphosa: 'My government not sleeping on the job'

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South Africa president denies his government is "sleeping on the job" over power cuts

South Africa President denied that his government was "sleeping on the job" over crippling power cuts in his country.

Rahul Tandon hears about South Africa’s President Cyril Ramphosa’s denials that his government is "sleeping on the job" over crippling power cuts in his country. He said that he believed the country needed emergency power and existing interventions would ease pressure on the grid.

On Sunday, voters in South East Asia's second-largest economy - Thailand - will go to the polls in what is being billed as a generation-defining election. And while the country's tourism sector continues to fuel its growth, forecasts for 2023 have been revised downwards because of global economic headwinds.

China is seeing more women entering the workplace. In fact more women are becoming business leaders in the world's second largest economy. Recent data from Chinese listed companies shows that the number of women in charge of companies tripled in the last decade. 

(Photo: President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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