The forgotten miners of Aurora
A small group of Grootvlei gold miners have won what is possibly a pyrrhic victory against the owners, including Khulubuse Zuma
What are the chances of Walmart exiting Africa?
For all its slower-than-expected growth, Walmart’s African operation has been reliably profitable and has more than doubled turnover
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China’s Mpumalanga power grab
Dubious procurement, inflated costs and wasted millions — how a project meant to overhaul Mashishing’s electrical infrastructure turned bad
Should we blow the budget to prop up growth?
The risk of a policy error is high as SA contemplates a fiscal stimulus package to reignite growth, but without stepping over important boundaries
Massmart development fund lights fire under local suppliers
With the help of the programme, entrepreneur Eugene Havenga was able to accelerate his 10-year growth plan and achieve his goal in two years
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This is why black industrialisation is a slow process
Everyone agrees black participation and localisation are necessary. It’s the pace of transition that’s the problem
8 stocks to buy in a shrinking economy
Professional investors differ on what might constitute a recession-proof share portfolio
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Markus Jooste’s fables
Ex-Steinhoff boss Markus Jooste came to parliament well prepared to obfuscate and deflect blame from himself for the retailer’s collapse
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Editor: Financial Mail
Recession: how we got here and how to get out
SA is in a recession because 10 years of economic mismanagement and policy bungling have rendered the economy uncompetitive
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Zim finance czar’s mission impossible
Zimbabwe’s new finance minister is not a Zanu-PF man and he did not need the job — but he will need all his qualifications to fix the economy
How the Guptas were subsidised
More testimony emerges on how Gupta media companies received millions of rands from the government
How Nigeria took a bite out of MTN
Nigerian authorities shocked MTN with an order that it return $8.1bn in dividends to the country, sending the mobile operator’s shares crashing
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What brought Sars to its knees?
Tom Moyane’s request that Bain present him with an ‘outside-in’ look at Sars a year before he was appointed tax commissioner stunned officials and the gallery
Counting the cost of state capture
State capture is estimated to have cost SA upwards of R100bn. Some economists say the actual figure is much higher
Why De Beers is now manufacturing diamonds
Is De Beers’ change of mind about never manufacturing diamonds a ploy to kill the fledgling market for cheaper synthetic rocks?
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The ANC’s ‘smallanyana skeletons’ exposed
Skeletons have been tumbling out of the ruling party’s closet as witness after witness describes how the Guptas contacted them
Watch your back, the EFF is coming for you
The EFF will use its votes to remind the DA that it only runs local coalition governments courtesy of the red berets
Economists divided on the state of SA’s economy
SA is either in a gloomy funk and unable to grow, or it’s on the cusp of a cyclical upswing and a structural reboot — experts’ opinions differ
Inside the engine room of the township economy
Forget Sandton, the real street economy of SA happens in the townships and informal settlements
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