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South Africa mulls selling ‘green bond’

Bloomberg South Africa’s government is considering selling a green infrastructure bond worth tens of billions of rand as part of its biggest drive ever to kickstart private investment in projects ranging from energy to water reticulation. The proposed instrument is one of several mechanisms the country could use to raise finance for projects worth as much as $86 billion over ...

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The agonising sports withdrawal of 2020

Medicalising unpleasant character traits or bad behaviors by blaming them on “addictions” worsens the modern tendency to minimise individual responsibility. However, about your sports addiction… Imagine your brain on sports. It is not a pretty picture. The most wondrous thing in the universe is the human brain, and for decades yours has devoted much (most, to be honest) of its ...

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Qantas may benefit from Covid-19

You might not have thought it three months ago, when the spread of Covid-19 forced Qantas Airways Ltd to halt international flights and drove its shares to their biggest percentage drop in eight years. But a global pandemic could wind up being good news for the company. Australia’s dominant airline is now something close to a monopoly player. Virgin Australia ...

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