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Black magic: Richard Maponya

Maponya’s African dream

By working with neighbours, business tycoon Richard Maponya managed to get around oppressive laws and create an empire

The Economic Freedom Fighters provincial leaders are advocating for the removal of deputy positions, potentially sidelining Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (above) and Poppy Mailola. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ndlozi: ‘We treat the media with the utmost respect’

The EFF’s spin doctor reflected on the party’s plans to take on media owners

Malema: ‘Collect 10-million votes. Cheers!’ (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Malema: Collect 10 million votes, Cheers!

The party by to increase its voters five times by 2023

EFF leader Julius Malema. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Malema welcomes eNCA withdrawal from its conference

The EFF leader however says that the 24-hour news channel is unwelcome to cover any of the party’s events further

New rules for crypto-trading (Photo Archive)

New rules for crypto-trading

Local regulation of cryptocurrencies could be implemented as soon as next year

Flexing their muscles: The Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command is seeking to disrupt the party’s status quo by backing a ‘contestation’ slate at the EFF’s elective conference. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Student command backs a shake up of EFF top six

Sources say the student command will be backing the “contestation” slate, which seeks to disrupt the centralised power of the leadership.

SAA cut off to protect other SOEs

After years of pumping billions into the airline, government picked business rescue to prevent a wider fallout at Eskom and other state entities

All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Hawks bust another ‘horror’ factory

Authorities found that Jiebo Home Trading was not meeting safety standards or paying the minimum wage

Many parts of the country are water stressed. This has been exacerbated by high temperatures, which has in turn led to the decline of dam levels.

More than a third of South Africans without water – R90bn needed to fix this

The new national water strategy calls for R90-billion in spending by the bankrupt water department, and a big change in how water is managed

Great start: The Toyota Corolla Hatch won’t be mistaken for a taxi, but it does leave the driver wanting more

Something out of the blue

With a bit of fine-tuning, this will be an excellent car

Hellish working conditions: The Beautiful City factory was raided by the department of labour earlier this month and six people were arrested. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

The ugly face of Beautiful City

The factory owners took advantage of their foreign workers’ precarious status

Striking oil: Richards Bay is the proposed site for a new refinery. The Central Energy Fund is in talks with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to develop the $10-billion project. (Hoberman Collection/Universal Images/Getty Images)

Giant new refinery: curse or boon?

Saudi’s Aramco is planning an oil refinery in South Africa, but experts say the magaproject is risky

Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Investment Holdings denies it owes the PIC more than R1-billion it used to acquire the media group. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Sekunjalo: The PIC is on a drive to embarrass Dr Survé

Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Investment Holdings denies it owes the PIC more than R1-billion it used to acquire the media group

Aramco produces 10.3-million barrels of oil a day.

Aramco, the world’s biggest polluter, goes to market

The Saudi-owned company aims to list 5% of its shares on the Riyadh-based bourse in December

Globally, nearly 180-million tonnes of hazardous and household waste are generated around the world every year.

Jo’burgers fail to manage waste

New laws came into effect in August, but neither households nor Pikitup are compliant

The six-member investor group says it plans to engage with the Sasol board further regarding the company’s environmental disclosures in the coming months.

Institutional investors reject Sasol’s climate plan

But board rejects calls for matter to be discussed at AGM

Goldman Sachs sub-Saharan Africa has announced that its chief executive, Colin Coleman, is set to step down from the firm at the end of the year. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Coleman steps down from Goldman Sachs

The ‘capitalist comrade’ has been with the international banking firm since 2000

A difficult trading environment has not stopped the Shoprite Group Holdings from producing impressive results for the three months ending September 2019. (Reuters)

Shoprite delivers strong sales in SA market

South Africa’s largest grocer saw its local operations increase sales by 10.3% during the quarter

(John McCann/M&G)

Tough work ahead to fix the economy

Sars is expected to miss its collection target for 2020-2021. And weak growth isn’t helping

Analyses of racialised disparities in both labour and product markets illustrate the need for strengthened economic redress. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

SA unemployment soars to 11-year high

The unemployment rate increased to 29,1% in the third quarter of 2019