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Strict bail conditions: Businessman Rafik Mohamed has been charged with fraud, theft and contravention of the Companies Act. Photo: Screenshot
ASHISH VERMA

Rafik Mohamed out on bail

Ongoing investigations linked to SA Steel Mills

  • Brian Sokutu
4 min read
The IDC should establish an independent forum to address employee relations issues. Photo: -File
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

Editorial: IDC decline should be arrested

Let us be fair: allegations of a deteriorating corporate culture within the institution remain just that—allegations—until proven otherwise. However, the issues presented to us…

  • Editorial
2 min read
Linkman: Bongani Miya (inset) was allegedly instrumental in getting TLWI onboard but he now curiously defers specific questions to his employer. Photos: File/IDC
B BBEE

How IDC breached own governance

Powerful executive and dismissed employee were central players in the funding of dodgy BEE consortium

  • Hasina Kathrada
  • Brian Sokutu
8 min read
The IDC should establish an independent forum to address employee relations issues. Photo: -File
AGRO AND SERVICES INDUSTRIES

IDC deal must be scrutinised

Ramaphosa must now turn to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which faces allegations of corporate governance failures similar to the PIC case. The latest concerns are…

  • Editorial
2 min read
Ghost towns: The mills in Tongaat, Maidstone and Felixton have fallen silent. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
BABU PARTABSING BODASING

How sugar’s rise and collapse shaped KZN

Tongaat Hulett, once the pride of the sugar belt and a 134-year-old industrial icon, has collapsed under the weight of mismanagement, scandal and shifting global markets

  • Marlan Padayachee
7 min read
Where is the money without equity for startups?
EQUITY

Open letter to South African funding houses

Where is the money without equity for startups?

  • Ben Sassman
4 min read
Harsh land: Farming is a high-risk activity because of the unpredictable weather, as shown by this dry riverbed. (Photos: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DAAN DU PLESSIS

The promised land? Lack of access to finance hinders farmers

The agricultural sector has grown this year, but an absence of collateral is preventing black farmers from making a go of their business

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
8 min read