The week ahead: crunch time for Joburg’s Treasury grant
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Joburg’s tariff increases gravely undermine the Bank’s efforts to rein in inflation, and compound the misery of higher interest rates…
Arsenal: a century of family devotion
The Shapiro family’s loyalty to the football club began in 1927, when a feature on the club lit a spark in a young Jewish…
State of the city: thoughts and prayers for Joburg
Dada Morero’s state of the city address was a cherry-picked fantasy of half-truths, in light of Joburg’s broken financial realities…
Dada does Harvard
Why let a crumbling city riven by mismanagement stand in the way of a good lecture? Just ask Joburg mayor Dada Morero…
490,000 voters to win Joburg? Inside Sarupen’s grand plans
Ashor Sarupen says the DA has to lay the groundwork for its 2029 national ambitions by winning big in this year's local government elections…
Is Joburg’s property market on the mend?
A dramatic drop in the number of properties on offer may finally herald a change in Joburg’s long property recession…
BEST OF 2025: Greedy politicians killing the Rand Club
The club has been slapped with an astonishing valuation – and a utility bill of nearly R1m – that threatens to finally destroy the…
How my R58k CoJ rates bill became … R41
The City of Joburg’s billing crisis is alive and well. But a recent helpathon shows that it can be fixed when officials try…
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The Constitutional Court’s banks ruling has intensified scrutiny of a…
America, f*ck yeah!
America has used its advantages brilliantly, often brutally. There is…
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A review of Tambourine, Cape Town’s farm-to-table restaurant linked to…
