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All of a sudden, prosecutors have got serious about Steinhoff. For seven years after the retailer imploded in December 2017, having copped to “accounting…
Collaborate this: Ramaphosa talks 3% growth
“I stand here as the guilty party, who is always accused of embarking on too many consultation processes,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa at the…
Shades of greylisting: Behind Old Mutual’s bloody nose
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will be hoping that global money-laundering authorities, weighing up whether to keep South Africa on a terrorism financing…
Burning the small fry: Steinhoff’s unlikely first South African convict
When you picture the first conviction for the grand R106bn Steinhoff fraud in South Africa, you probably wouldn’t have imagined the man up against…
When Cyril met Elon: It was written in the Starlink …
The meeting looked distinctly cosy. Two of the greatest salesmen around – Elon Musk, hawker of satellite broadband service Starlink, electric carmaker Tesla, rocket…
Legal hurdles pile up as ANC pushes NHI pipedream
The odds of National Health Insurance (NHI) being implemented – at least in any form resembling the miracle salve sold to the population by…
South Africa’s ‘just energy transition’ postponed – not abandoned
Whisper it quietly, but South Africa has now kept the demon of load-shedding at bay for nearly five months. It has, however, come at…
Ramaphosa: Why this time is different
If you’d listened to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament address in Cape Town’s City Hall on July 18 and thought you’d heard it…
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