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01THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Weighing up rental income against long-term investment growth 02AFTER THE BELL: Mini budget applause is meaningless to young jobseekers hustling on street corners 03Two steps too many: Refs confirm LaMelo traveled en route to 3-point make 04Steelers fan event at Bastille bar canceled amid civil unrest in Paris 05Diri calls Duke pretender, alleges presidential ambition is bid for rehabilitation 06Iran sets dollar purchase limits under new guideline 07People power in the suburbs exposes the fragility of the AI boom 08In occupied Ukraine, Russia is trying to indoctrinate the children it stole01THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Weighing up rental income against long-term investment growth 02AFTER THE BELL: Mini budget applause is meaningless to young jobseekers hustling on street corners 03Two steps too many: Refs confirm LaMelo traveled en route to 3-point make 04Steelers fan event at Bastille bar canceled amid civil unrest in Paris 05Diri calls Duke pretender, alleges presidential ambition is bid for rehabilitation 06Iran sets dollar purchase limits under new guideline 07People power in the suburbs exposes the fragility of the AI boom 08In occupied Ukraine, Russia is trying to indoctrinate the children it stole

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AFTER THE BELL: Mini budget applause is meaningless to young jobseekers hustling on street corners

Stephen Grootes · Daily Maverick

Published 23 Oct 2026, 7:14 am·just now·1 min read

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South Africa’s debt signals may reassure bond markets, but this means little to unemployed young people hustling daily for work – any work.

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