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Shoprite hikes prices by more than 9% amid spiralling food inflation, load shedding costs View Online SA Money Daily The biggest business, economic and market news of the day. AHMED AREFF , NEWS24 BUSINESS DEPUTY EDITOR Carol Paton | ANC's deluded state of disaster idea won't move the needle It was tragic listening to ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday, talking confidently about how a state of disaster would end load shedding by year-end - or even before.   The idea now seems certain to be implemented, with many in the Cabinet supporting it and believing it is procurement and regulatory obstacles holding up both fixing Eskom and bringing new capacity online.   ...

Zuma praises Fraser for saving his life View Online Good Morning, SA Officials in the Presidency are calling ministers and officials every day to remind them to sign key approvals and exemptions as a new urgency to give Eskom "all the help it needs" sets in amid a deepening energy crisis. Plus, Jacob Zuma is adamant that former prisons boss Arthur Fraser saved his life by granting him medical parole. Here are your top stories for Wednesday, 1 February.  KELLY ANDERSON , AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EDITOR Load shedding: 'We'll give Eskom all the help it needs,' says Ramaphosa's delivery czar The story: Ministers and departments are getting calls nearly every day from official...