NHI debate: PPP model that works for 250m Indonesians – template for SA?
The President of Indonesia’s national health insurance body is Dr Ali Ghufron Mukti. We met during his visit to SA last week.
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SA’s inevitable downgrade: Half of EM bonds have fallen into “junk” status
Half of the world’s top emerging market sovereigns are now rated below investment grade following this year’s latest wave of downgrades.
Gold Fields stock plunges 24%, most since 1985. Swings to 4Q loss.
Gold Fields fell the most on record after saying production for 2016 will decline and leave the company relying on its South Deep operation.
Indonesia goes dry – but many still thirsty
Muslim-majority Indonesia is extending its ban on alcohol inconvenience stores – making life difficult for the young to have a beer or two at 7-Eleven and comparable outlets
Singapore and the world mourns passing of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew, who helped transform Singapore from a colonial trading center into one of Asia’s most prosperous nations during 31 years as its first elected prime minister, has died. He was 91.
Recovery of bodies from AirAsia wreck hampered by bad weather
Stormy weather forced Indonesian rescuers Wednesday to suspend their search for the bodies of 162 people aboard an ill-fated AirAsia plane.
AirAsia jet turns back in Thailand due to ‘irregularity’
An AirAsia flight bound for northeast Thailand turned back to the capital Bangkok shortly after takeoff Tuesday when pilots detected an “irregularity” in the storage compartment, airline officials said.
Missing AirAsia flight search over – bodies, debris recovered in Java Sea
An Indonesian warship recovered more than 40 bodies from the sea on Tuesday in the search for the AirAsia jet, a navy spokesman told AFP.
AirAsia shares tumble; missing plane probably “at bottom of sea”
Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent on Monday in Kuala Lumpur after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.
AirAsia QZ8501: Seven crew, 155 passengers missing on QPR owner’s airline
In a year that has been punctuated by airline disasters, another one is feared. This time it is an AirAsia flight from Indonesia that has disappeared. Republished below are the latest updates from Bloomberg and AFP