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‘When brothers fight to death a stranger inherits their father’s estate’

Professor Bonang Mohale received the Diamond Award for Global Educational Leadership from the The Not Alone Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, in the US, this month. This is his…

Former finance minister, Tito Mboweni. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Business leaders remember Mboweni as self-starter, resolute

He leaves a legacy as a champion of labour rights, fiscal and monetary reform and prudent government spending

America has pledged $53 million for developing countries. (Photo by: Universal Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Southern African business leaders unite to confront climate change

Regional directors will connect with global peers to share knowledge and promote climate governance in the boardroom

Eskom chief executive Dan Marokane says coal is important for the country to drive industrialisation. (Getty Images)

It’s business vs business in fight over Eskom probe funding

Business Unity South Africa’s chief executive has accused the organisation’s president of throwing the lobby under the bus in a meeting with the president

File photo by Marco Longari/AFP

R36-billion: The economic cost of gender-based violence

A new report delves into the view that the private sector is key to combatting violence against women and recommends that companies should include their efforts in corporate…

Disruption: Soweto residents protest in front of Maponya Mall against the wave of violence and looting that affected Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in July last year. Photo: Luca Sola/AFP

Can the private sector help to fix ‘a fragile state’?

Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest

Commuters drive in the city centre of Ouagadougou on January 23, 2022. – Gunfire broke out at several army barracks in Burkina Faso on Sunday, prompting the government to deny that the military had seized control of the notoriously volatile Sahel state. “Since 1 am, gunfire has been heard here in Gounghin coming from the Sangoule Lamizana camp,” a soldier in a district on the western suburbs of the capital Ouagadougou said. (Photo by Olympia DE MAISMONT / AFP)

Coup season in the Sahel raises uncomfortable questions

Beset by political instability, the region is also the canary in the climate change coal mine

Professor Bonang Mohale, chancellor of the University of the Free State. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Bonang Mohale: South Africa has all the markings of a failed state

The former Business Leadership SA chief executive and current chancellor of the University of the Free State highlighted unemployment as the biggest problem to address

After delivering a solid set of results this week, Nedbank chief financial officer Mike Davis has insisted that impending interest rate cuts won’t flatten the group’s performance this year.
(Nadine Hutton/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Nedbank features negatively in state capture report; Standard Bank defends itself

So far, one of South Africa’s ‘big four’ banks faces a serious allegation levelled in the Zondo report — and more revelations may follow

Seismic explorations for new oil and gas resources are going to escalate in the years to come. (Paul Botes/M&G)

‘Don’t Look Up’ but do look out, here comes Shell

We live in the Earth, not on the Earth, but continuing with an extractive mindset will be the end of us all

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

South Africa’s Covid-19 economic stimulus plan — opportunity out of crisis

The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide

The specialist banking group said trading income arising from customer flow decreased by 26.7% to R365-million

BLSA criticises trend of appointing joint CEOs

The group said the decision by Investec to appoint two chief executives perpetuates negative stereotypes

Barcelona’s Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique before yesterday’s match.

BLSA suspends Eskom and Transnet

Business Leadership SA has booted out the state-owned entities for their involvement in corruption and state capture with immediate effect.

Karoo gas project uses safe method

Karoo gas project uses safe method, says Shell

Shell South Africa’s exploration for shale gas in the Karoo will use a safe technique not known to harm the environment, a senior executive said.

Refining the argument

Refining the argument

The <i>Mail & Guardian</i>, in association with Shell, introduced the first session of the Shell dialogues series held in mid-August.

Moves to oust Manyi from business forum

A campaign is gaining momentum in the Black Management Forum for the removal of Jimmy Manyi — now director general of labour — as forum president.