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A revenue tax to become BEE compliant and score tenders is awfully similar to the Catholic church’s indulgences system…
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Trump’s ‘shock and awe’ foreign policy achieved a breakthrough in Gaza – but is it sustainable?
Trump’s negotiation of the Gaza peace accord makes for an opportune moment to assess his frenetic foreign policy…
Much ado: Can Maimane, Zibi and De Lille’s party make a difference?
Can three centrist parties with a combined 1% reshape South Africa’s political landscape?…
Aliens in couture: Paris Fashion Week and why we need the absurd right now
From alien-headed models to thatch dresses, Paris Fashion Week proved that fashion’s weirdness can be a tonic…
How Brazil’s classroom-to-cockpit vision shows what South Africa has lost
The lesson from Brazil’s Embraer is simple: industrial innovation begins in the classroom and survives only when competence outranks politics…
The PAPSS promise: Faster, cheaper Africa payments
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System could transform cross-border payments. But it faces integration, liquidity and infrastructure hurdles…
Investing in nature: Time for financiers to act
Governments cannot close the biodiversity financing gap alone. The private sector – asset managers, insurers and banks – must lead…
Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance suspended activities in August. Why did such initiatives rise and then fall?…
The sad story of the RAF and the whistleblower
Alleged corruption, maladministration and punitive action – and clients still waiting on their claims 1,800 days later. That’s one whistleblower’s story…
Cartels, crime, corruption: SAPS on the spot
The Madlanga commission – established to restore public faith on the police – may be doing the exact opposite, given how deep the rot…
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Ban Ki-moon’s (overly) simple fix for South Africa
The former UN secretary-general says South Africa should focus on…
The utility – and tragedy – of a boring budget
South Africa’s increasingly low-grade ambitions are writ large in this…
The surprising firsts that shaped Joburg
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