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Mindless employment equity on Meth
The employment and labour minister should be applying her mind to the more pressing issue: unemployment.…
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Italtile: Is the floor in yet?
Tile and sanitaryware retailer and manufacturer Italtile has had a rough year so far on the JSE. Momentum, however, may be building for a…
No laughs at Dada Morero’s Joburg circus
The state of the city address was the usual mix of empty promises, missing detail and improbable solutions. Only, now with ‘bomb squad’!…
The JSE’s listings crisis demands some honest introspection
The slow-motion collapse of our public equity market lies with the very industry meant to steward the nation’s savings…
Daybreak: A stain on South African business
Daybreak Foods, where 350,000 animals were culled while board members feathered their nests, is a tragic symbol of management failure…
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