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Welsh underdogs Wrexham climb the log in reality TV — and in real life

JUSTICE MALALA: Seta boards saved from last grab at the loot

Lightweight minister fails in bid to put billions into the hands of ANC cronies

Joburg ready for housing recovery at last

The clever money is starting to cash in on Joburg’s value proposition, but Cape Town remains the country’s prime property hotspot — for now, anyway

NATASHA MARRIAN: Ah, the good old days

Bantu Holomisa recalls the golden era of Madiba diplomacy, and suggests trying to revive the binational commission with the US

TK POOE: How to fix South Africa’s broken SOEs

The ANC and DA must abandon their ideological trenches and adopt lessons from Asia’s state-led growth and the West’s privatisation regrets

A bad week for Nasiphi Moya

The Tshwane mayor should know that playing pothole politics is not as easy as 1-2-3

CHRIS ROPER: Algorithms come to Babel

Many years ago God didn’t like it when humanity united to build a skyscraper, so he used language to divide them. Today big tech does something similar

Green light for green hydrogen plant in Namibia

Swakopmund in Namibia to be the site for green hydrogen power plant that promises stable, clean power

EDITORIAL: No flights of fancy for Astral

With a no-nonsense business model, lean and mean Astral Foods could be poised to claw back profits

LETTER: Put South Africa first

All South Africans want is a decent life: to have a job, to be safe, to be healthy, and to know that their children have a future. The ANC has failed to ...

LETTER: The facts on presidential elections

Neither South Africans nor Americans elect their presidents directly

EDITORIAL: Daybreak’s collapse raises questions about PIC governance

PIC and GEPF directors, being responsible for state pensioners’ money, have far more onerous responsibilities than most boards in monitoring the entities they ...

JAMIE CARR: Why LVMH is punch-drunk

Despite owning iconic brands such as Moët & Chandon and Dom Pérignon, Moët Hennessy has gone from generating €1bn in cash in 2019 to eating up €1.5bn last year

Exxaro: The catalyst to something bigger?

The thermal coal producer is diversifying into the Northern Cape’s copious manganese resources, which are crying out for consolidation

Life after listing: solid rather than spectacular results for Boxer

As the retailer goes on an expansion drive, CEO Marek Masojada says dealing with the investment community has taken some getting used to

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Spear upbeat as Western Cape office market leads national recovery

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Occupancy across the company’s core portfolio rose to 97%, with its share price up 25% over the past year

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MTN takes aim at digital payments for informal merchants with MoMo Pay

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MTN takes on likes of Yoco and PayFast to offer  digital payments in informal business sector

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Move to sell the noncore portfolio comes as the group has been placed on credit downgrades

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Cell C’s R1bn a year financing budget

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TK POOE: How to fix South Africa’s broken SOEs

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Richemont’s Rupert talks about investing in China (but not now) as he considers where to put some of the group’s R167bn pile (or maybe just keep it)

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