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Big spenders: Vodacom says it will invest R800 million in its network in KwaZulu-Natal, including rolling out full fibre broadband, expanding its coverage in deep rural areas. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

‘Two-player fibre industry is not good for competition’

Experts say a Vodacom-Maziv marriage would make the entity dominant in the market

The Open Studios visual arts festival is back this weekend with an even greater lineup of the country’s finest and most talented creatives showcasing their work.

Open Studios Joburg visual arts festival is on this weekend

Stand a chance to win tickets to the event which allows visitors to meet artists, interact with the works and enjoy exhibitions, walkabouts and performances

Having nun of it: Scene from Cannes entrants ‘The New Boy’ by Warwick Thornton

Catch them … if you Cannes

A peek at some of the films to watch out for at this year’s festival

Badass: The X5 M (left) and BMW X6 M (right) Competition models have also been altered to include some electrification. Photo: Uwe Fischer

BMW’s Bavarian Brutes given the once-over

BMW enhances the X5 M and X6 M Competition models’ performance and appearance

With the Arts Master Africa Competition, BIC has elevated the status of artists who have taken the time to put in the work and stand out from the crowd.

The BIC Art Master competition introduces a new generation of artists

BIC is looking for ballpoint pen artists to showcase their talent and skills

Why is it bad that another worker, if they so wish, can undercut an established worker by being paid less?

Competition is good in business, so why not in the labour market?

Why is it bad that another worker, if they so wish, can undercut an established worker by being paid less?

Squeezed: Chris Arendse fixes his fishing net at his home in Strandfontein Pavilion in Cape Town. Small-scale fishers say the odds are stacked against them. Photos: Bongani Siziba

Fishing subsidies in the W. Cape: ‘Illegal fishing is our only option’

Fishers claim they are forced into illegal trawling because subsidies only benefit big vessels

Africa’s largest subscription television operator says it is under threat amid the emerging popularity of global platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime

Pay-TV inquiry probes the Multichoice monopoly

Africa’s largest subscription television operator says it is under threat amid the emerging popularity of global platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime

Anecdotes emerging from the Competition Commission’s findings this week include gung-ho traders swapping chocolate bars for trades on the market. It’s like a whole country’s fortunes were reduced to a playground game.

Editorial: Real people win if cartels are cracked

Beyond the language of price-fixing and collusion, this type of behaviour by bankers amounts to taking food off the tables of South Africans.

Alternative platform: A2X’s chief executive Kevin Brady believes challenging the JSE’s monopoly will encourage growth.

Sands to shift on JSE’s monopoly

Investors are set to win all the way as the local bourse prepares to face trading competition.

“#MGSelfie: Always a lot to digest but quality reporting makes it palatable and good brain food

We pick the first winner of the #MGSelfie competition

Meet #MGSelfie of the week winner, Mark D Young (@markdyoungsa) on Twitter, who won a six-month digital subscription to the M&G.

Crowd favourite: Fire lady shows off the dance moves that saw her take the 2013 Dancehall Queen trophy. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

Jo’burg’s diggin’ the dancing queensJo’burg’s diggin’ the dancing queens

While the Dancehall Queen contest is perceived as a wanton libido fest, Kwanele Sosibo finds out that it is actually much tamer than it looks.

More money in pocket as cost of living falls

Battle of the banks benefits customers

The battle by SA banks for the hearts and wallets of the consumer remains a priority, as financial institutions work to increase their reach.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Winning missive on health centre’s role

We have a winner from last week’s letter competition.

Telkom’s declining profits has seen its business rating drop.

No respite for wounded Telkom

There might be worse to come and Telkom’s competitors could force it into a deal, writes Lloyd Gedye.

The Walmart pledge

The retailer is famous for reducing inflation by 1% through efficiencies in the markets. Why isn’t government rolling out the red carpet?

Cartel country

The idea of criminalising anti-competitive behaviour and hitting the colluders is an attractive one.

Tiger in the dock

During a consent order hearing at the Competition Tribunal last week the Department of Health announced that it had launched an audit to determine how much it had been…

Jailbird execs

South African executives will face up to 10 years in jail if they are found to be complicit in the collusive actions of the companies they lead.

We ‘can’t be martyrs all the time’

That Bruce Lyle and his built-from-scratch fertiliser business, Nutri-Flo, has survived its nine-year fight against Sasol with the competition authorities so far is remarkable.