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Christo Wiese told a conference that members of the so-called Stellenbosch Mafia may be mafiosi but control nothing in South Africa.
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South African billionaire Christo Wiese says the infamous Stellenbosch Mafia controls nothing
Christo Wiese told a conference that members of the so-called Stellenbosch Mafia may be mafiosi but control nothing in South Africa.
Egyptian billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa's TMG books $3.4 billion of sales in a single quarter
Hisham Talaat Moustafa's TMG lifted half-year net profit 23% and booked $3.4 billion of contracted sales in the second quarter alone.
South African billionaire Rob Hersov calls the country uninvestable and is investing anyway
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