The clock is ticking on South Africa’s industrial future
A looming gas crisis will reveal whether government can match industrial ambition with co-ordinated action…
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Mozal goes dark as power prices crush beneficiation ambitions
High power prices have forced South32 to shut Mozal, dealing a blow to Mozambique’s economy and raising hard questions about beneficiation in Southern Africa.…
Goodyear exit lays bare South Africa’s industrial decline
Goodyear’s Kariega shutdown cuts over 700 jobs and exposes South Africa’s industrial fragility. One worker says it feels ‘like starting from zero’…
Saving South Africa’s steel sector
Will ArcelorMittal South Africa’s death by a thousand cuts end up taking the country’s steel sector with it?…
The great Barloworld gambit
The first sign the company was in play came in April. But it gave no indication CEO Dominic Sewela was a key player as…
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De Beers fails to dazzle as more buyers withdraw
A consortium led by former CEO Bruce Cleaver has withdrawn…
Going mad at the malls
The tills keep ringing at JSE-listed bricks-and-mortar shopping centres, despite…
Real Politics: the rise of South Africa’s political middlemen
Coalitions have opened a back-room market where unelected negotiators and…
From gold to gas: reclaiming South Africa’s resource advantage
South Africa’s reluctance to embrace its mining sector as an…
