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SACP  general secretary Solly Mapaila dismissed the notion of any alignment with MK. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Korner Talk | Solly Mapaila still riding his high horse

The South African Communist Party leader continues his tirade against alliance partner ANC for bringing the Democratic Alliance into the unity government

South African sand sculptor Sithembiso Buthelezi gives the final touches showing a message calling for peace between Ukraine and Russia on the North beach in Durban, on February 27, 2022. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia-Ukraine: Discretion is the better part of valour for South Africa

The Russian invasion has sparked debate in South Africa, with many misguidedly concluding that Moscow is a natural ally of the country. This is not rooted in contemporary…

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet has been lauded for its inclusion of youthful faces and women. (GCIS)

Find out who didn’t make the cut for Ramaphosa’s Cabinet

Who didn’t make the cut for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet?

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme received a record 893 487 applications for the 2026 academic year

Appropriating knowledge without compensation is a danger

By misreading the production processes behind our country’s body of knowledge, Parliament may have dealt a death blow to these industries

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. (David Harrison/M&G)

Davies: Stronger consequences for government institutions who don’t buy local

The minister said local procurement was a valuable tool to tackle unemployment

Biya’s repeated long absences from Cameroon, mostly in Switzerland or in his home village in southern Cameroon, have been bitterly criticised. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty)

US-led trade war a threat to multilateralism — Davies

BRICS countries are working on mitigating the impact of a trade war

China’s President Xi Jinping walks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa before their meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, July 24 2018. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

China commits to more investments in South Africa

The nation has committed to $14.7-billion in investments

Done deal: BHP Billiton benefited from an agreement with Eskom to power the Hillside Aluminium Smelter.

United States refuses South Africa import exemption over ‘national security’ fears

Steel and aluminium tariff hikes imposed by the US could mean job losses in SA

Banks are under pressure from governments and entrepreneurs to play a more active role in supporting investment and industrialisation by directly lending to sectors driving growth and jobs.

Gordhan: South Africans must see the fruits of Ramaphosa’s ‘new dawn’

At the India-South Africa business summit, the public enterprise minister said business must face the challenge of ensuring inclusive growth

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Shake up economy, says think-tank

South Africa must develop its production capacity and cut its reliance on resource exports, a report says

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. (David Harrison/M&G)

​State owned entities must implement B-BBEE

The minister of trade and industry has called on SOEs to play a more robust role in implementing B-BBEE

Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies (Delwyn Verasamy)

M&G Cabinet Report Card 2017: Rob Davies

The M&G Cabinet Report Card has become a respected barometer of government performance. Here are the scores for 2017.

“I think if we do [sign up] we will probably find the ability to develop our own digital industrial policy severely constrained

​Radical Economic Automation?

Radical change is coming, says Rob Davies, and it will take the form of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Ebrahim Patel and Rob Davies.

‘Something has got to give’ with development finance

The role of development finance to assist in the aims of radical economic transformation has come into sharp focus at the ANC policy conference

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Let’s embrace radical economic transformation’

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has called on South Africans to embrace a radical approach to the economy

The department of trade and industry will support the local industry to protect our mutual trade and economic interests, said Rob Davies.

Rob Davies: Investors not dwelling on state capture report

Foreign direct investors have not bolted due to allegations in the report, the trade and industry minister said on Tuesday.

DTI Minister Rob Davies welcomes public protector’s ‘exoneration’

Advocate Thuli Madonsela has absolved Davies from wrong-doing in a 2013 event in which the Democratic Alliance complained state funds were misused.

Small firms wilt under BEE backlash

Black-owned businesses are being stymied by the new procurement codes intended to help them.

Biya’s repeated long absences from Cameroon, mostly in Switzerland or in his home village in southern Cameroon, have been bitterly criticised. (Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty)

Small lenders force fee issue

State organs are said to have failed to obey a court order to review credit charges within nine months.

Multifaceted: Iman Rappetti was born to an Indian father and a coloured mother

State of the Nation 2014: Did Zuma hit the right notes?

Oppostion party leaders, government ministers and the public protector give their take on Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation speech 2014.