Beauty is a beast

Internationally and locally, things are changing rapidly in the beauty industry thanks to Gen Z, the explosion of social media outlets and the importance of ...

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?

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

Private sector steps into the tertiary education gap

Stadio and AdvTech lead the way with private colleges as public universities struggle to meet demand, despite help from the state

The times are getting tougher

The government faces extremely difficult choices before it can put Budget 3.0 to bed

A different kind of numbers game

A failure by the ANC and the DA to find each other over the third iteration of the budget opens new and dangerous risks for South Africa’s largest party,  and ...

Purple Group: Easy does it

How Purple Group democratised the JSE … and is now coining it

Signs of glitter in tatty old City of Gold

Joburg CBD is being revitalised, say private developers, but municipality and government must step up

Can ArcelorMittal be saved?

Thanks to loans from the IDC, Amsa has been able to delay the shutdown of its two long-steel plants, saving thousands of jobs — at least in the short term

South Africa’s scrap policy hurts steel output and economic growth

Government efforts to boost local steel production have distorted prices, reduced supply and weakened the broader economy

HomeChoice: From mail-order retailer to fintech innovator

With Africa’s fintech market projected to grow to $65bn by 2028, the company is tapping a particularly sweet spot

Mpumalanga: place of the rising sun —and online gambling

The province is collecting millions in tax revenue by exploiting the ‘lottery loophole’

How Hollywoodbets caught the online wave

Yes, Covid changed gambling — but quick thinking combined with thoughtful planning was needed to build a phone-betting empire

Betting bonanza: how provincial regulators fuel online gambling and rake in billions

Gambling is one of the few ways provinces can generate taxes independently of the national government — and they are making the best of it

Why South Africa must build to grow

Economies that have invested heavily in infrastructure have experienced far stronger growth rates than those that haven’t

Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain or Lion’s Head?

The growth trajectory of the debt-to-GDP ratio resembles a steep mountain slope, but the government’s commitment to a primary budget surplus provides some hope ...