The cost of being middle class
Middle-class South Africans may enjoy a great climate, beautiful natural environment, and a standard of living comparable with those in developed countries. ...
How government betrayed SA’s construction firms
The construction industry has borne the brunt of government’s inability to deliver its promised surge in infrastructure spending. Instead, the private sector ...
ANALYSIS: Low-hanging fruit no-one can reach
Millions of unregistered voters, along with disaffected ANC supporters, are ripe for the plucking — but opposition parties can't seem to capitalise on the ...
A deputy president in waiting?
With Cyril Ramaphosa emerging strongly from the ANC policy conference this weekend, his re-election as party president in December looks secure — for now, at ...
CLAIRE BISSEKER: ANC is trapped in a policy time warp
The party’s economic policy document was mildly progressive; its conference deliberations last weekend were not. Delegates took a step backwards on the ...
What’s behind SA’s housing boom?
Despite higher interest rates and surging fuel and food prices, housing activity remains surprisingly resilient — for now at least
Is this the big tourism bounce-back?
SA’s hospitality sector seems headed for pre-Covid highs, but a shortage of domestic flights could hamper recovery
How crazy rules are stifling JSE empowerment stocks
Is a fixation with maintaining black ownership inadvertently stifling efforts to broaden — and grow — empowerment participation on the JSE?
10 BEE contenders to watch
Two of them are unlisted, but Thebe almost certainly soon will be and investors can buy Sabvest shares for an indirect stake in Masimong
Is SA moving towards real empowerment?
No longer aimed at the huge enrichment of the connected few, BEE is on track for a much broader spread of wealth, with employee share schemes gaining ...
What’s behind the Reserve Bank’s pivot?
If anyone doubted the resolve of the Reserve Bank to keep a lid on inflation, last week’s 75 basis-point rate hike would have dispelled it. But what caused the ...
Numsa at war with itself
SA’s largest union was interdicted from holding its elective conference as rival factions battle for control
