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‘Excessive’ and ‘unlawful’ power costs have hastened the demise of Mpact’s Springs mill…
When business becomes government’s crutch
By offering to help fix Joburg, business will help prop up a flailing local government…
Joburg’s finagling leaves residents dangling
The city’s ‘sweeping arrangement’ seems to be taking cash from revenue-generating entities like Joburg Water, hobbling service delivery…
Gore & Co to Joburg’s rescue?
South Africa's top business brains have opened up a new front in their quest for an economic success story: Joburg…
Cyril, and the soft art of the empty promise
Ramaphosa’s promises on cadres, corruption and service delivery just feel like early electioneering. He’s been promising these things for years…
The Wild (North) West
Spaghetti western-style shootouts, bogus mayorships, corruption, factionalism and patronage – this is a province defined by governance failure…
North West: The root of the rot
The resource-rich province is plagued by poverty, unemployment, revolving leadership and cratering service delivery. Why is that?…
Municipal valuations: Why it’s time for a rethink
Joburg needs a different algorithm for calculating valuations to better reflect actual market conditions, or resentment towards rates will intensify…
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South Africa’s big crackdown on greenwashing
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