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Run to the ground, Post Office and SABC fight for relevance

Having struggled to keep up with changing markets, the two entities under the department of communications are in states of financial disrepair

Three party leaders who previously spoke to M&G said they expected Ramaphosa to announce replacements for Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula

It’s clear that state-owned entities can’t be turned around by politics

With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned

Trade, industry and competition minister Ebrahim Patel says the hope is that the next administration will be left with a well-organised, combined department, “that is not simply one plus one, but is a little bit more than that”. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)

What is hamstringing SA’s industrial growth?

Implementing the country’s many masterplans demands capacity and focus from a department that has been pulled in different directions

At last week’s Forum on China-Africa Co-operation in Beijing, President Cyril Ramaphosa secured significant Chinese investments in South Africa. (DNS/Katlholo Maifadi)

China gifts SA with R370bn

Not everyone believes a stimulus package will get the country out of its economic crisis

McKinsey’s apology is a laugh

McKinsey’s apology is a laugh

Like that of KPMG, it does not answer the tough questions, probably because it is aware of the possible legal ramifications

The conversation on white monopoly capital is being extended to include corruption

Collars and ties mask the real white monopoly capitalism

Only mass civil action will hound this rogues’ gallery of corporate crooks out of town

Entrepreneurs ‘ageing and dying’

Entrepreneurs ‘ageing and dying’

New research paints a picture of the dwindling number of buyers willing to take on the difficult life of a factory owner.

An investment first for South Africa

South Africa’s first independent exchange-traded funds (ETF) investment platform for financial advisers is set to launch in Gauteng this month.

Economy

Talking about the economy

Hearing about the state of the economy is no fun. Especially when you get experts and politicians in the same room. Tanya Pampalone reports.

The world wants it — we’ve got it

South Africa has 85% of the world’s supply of a metal that is in ever-increasing demand

Economist: Govts should not take on private debt

If governments take on private-sector debt created during the subprime crisis, the poor will be hardest hit, economist Iraj Abedian said in Cape Town on Tuesday. ”Heaven help us…

SA energy crisis sends rand tumbling

South Africa is sitting on gold, platinum and other minerals that are selling at record prices on world markets, yet its economy is, quite literally, underpowered. The rand, the…

Soweto retailers report bustling festive season

The hallways were teeming with shoppers — and perhaps those just wanting to be seen — in Soweto’s spanking new Maponya Mall during December. According to mall management,…

The 6% solution

From a macroeconomic perspective, the massive disparities in South Africa, coupled with considerable expectations of economic empowerment, require sustainable growth of more than…