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Former SA Steel Mills owner Rafik Mohamed has been detained at the Midrand police station in a development that could mark a significant escalation in investigations surrounding the troubled steel manufacturer.

Rafik Mohamed to remain in custody as court postpones bail bid

Former SA Steel Mills owner Rafik Mohamed’s bail application was postponed until 4 June and the case transferred to the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court

Greed has cost nearly 8 000 workers in Tongaat’s sugar division and its milling operations their jobs when the company moved to sell off assets and reduce its debt, while the firm and its suppliers sustained huge losses.
 (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty)

Tongaat bidder appears in court over alleged fraudulent funding letter

The case was postponed to 10 June, when Rajahussen is expected to respond to allegations that RGS fraudulently submitted a R2 billion proof-of-funding bank letter as part of its…

If the liquidation application against Tongaat Hulett proceeds, it could have severe socio-economic consequences for rural economies in small towns across KwaZulu-Natal.

Tongaat Hulett gets lifeline as court grants delay in liquidation bid

Tongaat Hulett has been granted a temporary reprieve from liquidation after the Durban High Court approved an adjournment, giving business rescue practitioners time to finalise a…

Bitter impact: Tongaat Hulett’s liquidation will have a devastating ripple effect throughout not just KwaZulu-Natal but the entire country too,
filtering right down to the consumer. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Tongaat Hulett collapse looms

Vision, the lead secured lender to the troubled sugar giant, said it was committed to saving the company and jobs despite the business rescue process failing

Many of the post offices around the country are run
down and offer fewer services than previously. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Please Mr Postman, deliver the cheque

In this financial year’s budget, Parliament did not allocate funding for the South African Post Office, which is waiting for a R3.8 billion tranche

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

There is a place for SAA domestically, if it adopts the low cost model

The ‘old fashioned’ carrier is still struggling for passengers

The national carrier emerged from business rescue in 2021 and  reported its first profit in more than a decade

SAA does not anticipate a clean audit soon

The national carrier told parliament that a final draft external audit report is expected at the end of May this year

Former Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Former Eskom executive and corruption suspect Anoj Singh ‘defrauded of R13.9 million’

Mahendren Munsamy, accused of stealing R420 million from FNB and Sasol, allegedly also stole from Singh

For THL, an iconic South African company that employs thousands, its end is bitter and must be averted.
Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Scrap sugar tax, say canegrowers

The South African Canegrowers Association says the sugar industry is in crisis after Tongaat Hulett was put under business rescue

While Tongaat Hulett Pty Limited’s (THL) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) seek liquidation, parties opposed to the move have filed court papers to block it. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

KwaZulu-Natal grower consortium wants to buy Tongaat Hulett operations

KwaZulu-Natal grower consortium wants to buy Tongaat Hulett operations

Sweet nothings: Sugar cane farmer Pratish Sharma on his farm in Maidstone. He is anxious about being paid
for cane he delivered to Tongaat Hulett after the company got into financial difficulties. Photo: Rogan Ward

Anxious wait for farmers as Tongaat Hulett money crisis grips

Next season is also under threat if sugar giant’s mills close

Lost the plot: Tongaat Hulett diversified from its original sugar business to become one of the most important property players in KwaZulu-Natal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Abandoning core sugar business killed off Tongaat Hulett

Departing from its core business, and having its fingers in too many pies, is what crippled Tongaat Hulett and ultimately left it open to massive fraud

The entire sugar eco-system and stakeholders require certainty and a sustainable solution before the insolvency court sits to hear the BRP’s application for provisional liquidation of THL . (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Tongaat Hulett placed in business rescue as debt rises

Tongaat Hulett said it entered into business rescue due to its debt burden and that waiting for additional funding exacerbated the already dire situation

It’s a history littered with lessons and crumbs of what was to become the SAA privatised. (Oupa Nkosi)

SAA to revive Durban route

The beleaguered national carrier resumed flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town last September after exiting business rescue

SAA gets a second wind with new majority shareholder

Takatso consortium will now own 51% of the airline and the state 49%

Reality check: Pravin Gordhan has revealed plans to get state-owned
entities into better order. Photo: Halden Krog/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Gordhan on SAA, political interference and moving SOEs out of his department

The minister addresses the future of the country’s state-owned entities and speculation they may be moved from his portfolio

Aside from mounting a financial rescue operation at Eskom, the government will give another R1 billion to SAA before the end of the current financial year towards paying off the airline’s historical debt.
 (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

A debt-equity swap will save SAA

Keeping the airline going is worth it for the jobs and related businesses that will be affected if it goes down

The financially embattled SAA pulled a no-show on Tuesday, failing to attend a meeting with parliament’s standing committee of public accounts.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

SAA snubs meeting with Scopa and Gordhan

MPs express frustration at the shoddy work done by the dysfunctional, broke airline and its rescue practitioners, calling their no-show ‘unacceptable’

Small business owners closing shop and feeling the financial squeeze

The hopes and dreams of many entrepreneurs have been dashed. We track some of the owners of SMMEs, who talk of losing everything they worked for

The financially embattled SAA pulled a no-show on Tuesday, failing to attend a meeting with parliament’s standing committee of public accounts.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

SAA in talks to recoup R350-million in blocked funds from Zimbabwe

The cash-strapped national carrier is in the process of recouping its blocked funds from Zimbabwe, which could go towards financing the airline’s business rescue plan