JUSTICE MALALA: Recipes for optimism

A Mother’s Day visit to Vilakazi Street feeds the belly and the heart

MARC HASENFUSS: Is a little glitter returning to Goldrush?

A successful national lottery licence bid could change the odds for the gaming group

Gold Fields keeps the drama coming

With its joint venture with AngloGold in Ghana on ice for now, can the miner hit its expansion stride in Australia?

It may be time to dose up on Adcock Ingram

The market has been wary of the pharma company, perhaps due to its lack of a rand hedging ability. But the group has some rosy prospects

Clicks is not such a pricey pill to swallow

Students of p:e history might want to self-medicate their portfolios with a healthy supplement of the pharma retailer

The Adcock strategic prescription

It started as a modest pharmacy in Krugersdorp in 1891 but has grown into a huge listed business. Where to next for Adcock?

Mantengu: Small cap, big drama

Regardless of claims that it is being targeted by short sellers, the junior miner needs to keep a sharp focus on its operational performance

SIMON BROWN: The world according to Garp

How can you invest like Warren Buffett? Find high-quality companies and buy when they offer a reasonable price. And then hold

BACKSTORY: Robert Koen of Amazon

The FM chats to Robert Koen, Amazon MD for Sub-Saharan Africa

Spending big bucks on stumbling Aspen

Other large stock buy-ins, from Capitec to Lighthouse Properties, also indicate confidence

SIMON BROWN: Aspen needs a new prescription

Aspen needs to increase trust and capacity utilisation

BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy Absa, avoid Aspen

Chantal Marx, head of investment research and content at FNB Wealth & Investments, on what the smart money is doing

LETTER: Petty politicking sabotages GNU’s renewal promise

Wasteful expenditure and corruption remain problems, and for these, the South African public has to cough up in higher taxes

DEON GOUWS: What Microsoft can teach us about investing in the time of Trump

Sometimes you just have to sit tight and ignore the noise — what goes down must go up again

JANNIE ROSSOUW: South Africa’s two settings: despair and hope

Despite extensive mismanagement by the ANC (and the list is long), South Africans still have a lot to be proud of, including the Reserve Bank

JAMIE CARR: Mubadala gets active on AI

The sovereign wealth fund is a key player in Abu Dhabi’s efforts to diversify its economy away from oil

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SA delegation to US presents united front against Trump ambush

Thando Maeko

SA’s White House delegation has pushed back against white genocide claims by President Donald Trump

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GNU takes a win, taxpayers take a hit in Budget 3.0

Hilary Joffe

Individual taxpayers will still get no relief from the impact of inflation

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SA set to be without a lottery from June after court ruling

This is after trade minister Parks Tau’s decision to issue a request for proposal for a 12-month temporary licence is declared unlawful

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A sober, realistic and ‘boring’ budget, say economists

Jana Marx

Budget 3.0 ‘depicts a stark picture of SA’s finances’

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JUSTICE MALALA: Recipes for optimism

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Criminal syndicates are holding South Africans to ransom. Urgent action is needed to dismantle these networks, restore law and order, and reignite economic growth

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