BEST OF 2025: The very unnecessary demise of Murray & Roberts
The icon of construction this week announced its liquidation. Was it the victim of circumstance or own-goals?…
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Crocodiles to CrowdStrike: how Currency’s 2025 picks played out
Currency’s staff equity stock-picks returned a thumping 37% this year, with some spectacular hits, and quite a few misses…
Missed the listed property bus? You can still profit in 2026
2025 was a humdinger for South African property stocks. The easy money has been made, but double-digit gains are still possible…
Thungela vs shareholders: The thorny issue of investor rights
A court case against the coal miner may finally clarify whether shareholders have the right to insist on AGM resolutions…
R1,000 for every South African baby? Sarupen thinks it could work
Purple CEO Charles Savage says South Africa could launch its own version of the Trump child accounts, with potentially huge benefits for growth…
The FSCA investigation stalling Jannie Mouton’s R7.2bn buyout
The Moutons’ grand gesture is under investigation thanks to a series of Curro share trades ahead of the August buyout announcement…
Duncan Wanblad’s unlikely reinvention of Anglo American
The vote for the Anglo American-Teck deal would have been unthinkable 18 months ago. But it gives the mining house a future many thought…
Mr Price faces shareholder revolt over R9.6bn NKD purchase
Hedge fund 36ONE Asset Management has written to chair Nigel Payne to register ‘serious concerns’ and requested a meeting to discuss the deal…
A good year for Lewis, Tiger and Nampak. The rest, not so much
Listed retailers were a blight on the JSE in 2025. For the few that did well, theirs is a compelling case for caution at…
Dreadful déjà vu as Mr Price goes large
The market has good reason to be sceptical that Mr Price’s offshore push isn’t yet another waste of money waiting to happen…
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