Transnet leadership crisis deepens as cleanout continues

Siza Mzimela is to leave the disastrous freight rail division

NEWS ANALYSIS: Transnet woes signal mining job losses

Wave of retrenchments is looming as sector scrambles to stay afloat in a sea of troubles

Q&A with Jeremy Sampson, MD of Brand Finance Africa

Sampson sheds light on how brands are navigating the challenges and on megatrends in the industry

Project to give retrenched workers a shot in arm

CEO Yershen Pillay tells of R5m set aside to reskill people or help them find jobs or set up small businesses

Bad politicians are impeding SA’s prosperity, says Rise Mzansi’s Songezo Zibi

Zibi called on the 800 delegates from across the country to focus on governance, saying it is needed to grow the economy

EDITORIAL: Good save, Mr Patel

Minister’s interventions in Washington have been measured and effective

ISAAH MHLANGA: Local and global indices stumble into the red

The Fed decision to keep interest rates high is weighing on most markets

Cyber threats in SA skyrocket in the first half of 2023, reports shows

Trend Micro is ranked as one of the world’s top cybersecurity firms

Anglo CEO rues lack of incentives for SA mining exploration

Anglo CEO rues lack of incentives for SA mining exploration

HILARY JOFFE: Transnet’s Teflon bosses shrug off chaos around them

Government should take a hard look at what its notion of an effective CEO is

JSE slightly firmer ahead of key US jobs data

Investors will be looking for some labour market weakness that would cause the Fed to rethink raising rates

EDITORIAL: UIF’s broken rainy day umbrellas

Business says the Unemployment Insurance Fund is systemically dysfunctional

Critical skills shortage in financial services sector sparks ‘war for talent’

Momentum Metropolitan says SA is facing an acute shortage of skilled workers

Grain price jitters as rand creeps up to R20/$

Uncertainty and market volatility over the rates trajectory of developed markets set to bother the Reserve Bank

Closing some coal plants may be put off to 2030, says Eskom

Eskom has a new decommissioning timeline that will delay shutdowns pending outcome of appeals

Politicians did not meddle in Reserve Bank’s Phala Phala probe, says Kganyago

Any other South African would have been subjected to the same processes, says Bank governor

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