DIARY-Southern & South Africa to December 2009

Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:00am GMT
 
 This diary is updated daily. All times are provisional and
in GMT; add two hours to get South African time.
 For a diary of South African corporate events, please click
here [ZA/EQUITY].
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 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30
 PRETORIA - SARS releases November trade account data. 1200
GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31
 PRETORIA - SARB releases November credit and money supply
growth data. 0600 GMT
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 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1
 Markets closed for holiday
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 THURSDAY, JANUARY 8
 PRETORIA - SARB releases December reserves data. 0600 GMT
 PRETORIA - Stats S.A. releases November manufacturing data.
1100 GMT
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 THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
 JOHANNESBURG - Investec releases December purchasing
managers index. 0930 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21
 PRETORIA - Stats S.A. releases November retail sales data.
0930 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
 PRETORIA - Stats S.A. releases December consumer inflation
data. 0930 GMT
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 THURSDAY, JANUARY 29
 PRETORIA - Stats S.A. releases December producer inflation
data. 0930 GMT
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 FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
 PRETORIA - SARB releases December credit and money supply
growth data. 0600 GMT
 PRETORIA - SARS releases December trade account data. 1200
GMT
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 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2
 JOHANNESBURG - Investec releases January purchasing managers
index. 0930 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11
 CAPE TOWN - Finance Minister Trevor Manuel delivers 2009
budget speech in parliament. 1200 GMT
 PRETORIA - SARB monetary policy committee starts two-day
meeting on interest rates.
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 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
 PRETORIA - SARB Governor Tito Mboweni announces monetary
policy committee decision on interest rates.
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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
 PRETORIA - Stats S.A. releases Q4 GDP data. 0930 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
 PRETORIA - SARB monetary policy committee starts two-day
meeting on interest rates.
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 THURSDAY, APRIL 16
 PRETORIA - SARB Governor announces monetary policy committee
decision on interest rates. 1300 GMT
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 TUESDAY, MAY 26
 PRETORIA - Stats S.A. releases Q1 2009 GDP data. 0930 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
 PRETORIA - SARB monetary policy committee starts two-day
meeting on interest rates.
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 THURSDAY, JUNE 25
 PRETORIA - SARB Governor announces monetary policy committee
decision on interest rates. 1300 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
 PRETORIA - SARB monetary policy committee starts two-day
meeting on interest rates.
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 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
 PRETORIA - SARB Governor announces monetary policy committee
decision on interest rates. 1300 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
 PRETORIA - SARB monetary policy committee starts two-day
meeting on interest rates.
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 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
 PRETORIA - SARB Governor announces monetary policy committee
decision on interest rates. 1300 GMT
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 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
 PRETORIA - SARB monetary policy committee starts two-day
meeting on interest rates.
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 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
 PRETORIA - SARB Governor announces monetary policy committee
decision on interest rates. 1300 GMT

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