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Absa PMI records sharp contraction in August

Engineeringnews.co.za 

Absa has reported a month-on-month drop of 8.8 points in the seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August to a level of 43.6, which reflects a shift back to contractionary territory in South Africa’s manufacturing sector. The decline from 52.4 points in July to 43.6 in August underscores the challenges faced by the sector amid high but slowing inflation, elevated borrowing costs and sluggish demand globally and locally.

Fears of deaths from new drug

Sydney Morning Herald 

A new wave of a drug dubbed the “Frankenstein of opioids” is expected to hit Melbourne, with fears of an unprecedented death toll.

Lukashenko advises young people to stay in regions

BelTA (en) 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has advised young people in regions not to move to Minsk, as he held a Q&A session titled as Open Microphone with the President at Vitebsk State University on 2 September.