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THE FINANCE GHOST: Netflix, the Disney slayer

Netflix should be seen as one of the magnificent seven technology companies, not Tesla

SA’s post-election scenarios and possibilities

The rand has wobbled, ostensibly on fears of the ANC forming an election coalition with the EFF, but a more benign outcome remains most analysts’ base case

SIMON BROWN: Let’s talk about inflation

High inflation hurts people and economies. In South Africa, we need to be having conversations about our target range, and whether it needs to be adjusted ...

The platinum follies

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JAMIE CARR: The big challenge for WeightWatchers

It’s lost brand ambassador Oprah Winfrey and now it has to square up to blockbuster anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic

NATASHA MARRIAN: The province where the multiparty charter stands a chance

The fractious opposition alliance can forget about a national victory, but anything is possible in Gauteng

Untangling Zuma’s web

As the election nears, Jacob Zuma’s MK Party is tied up in a legal tussle with the IEC. That matter speaks to the separation of powers between the executive ...

MARC HASENFUSS: A starch-free Barloworld?

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Foreign homebuyers bet on cheap rand

South Africa seen as a safe haven as wars rage abroad

SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: Zuma, MK and the politics of victimhood

Jacob Zuma has turned victimhood into a fine art. It’s performative politics with a dangerous edge

Reit rally fizzles out

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On safari in the Karoo

The Samara Karoo Reserve is Big Five reserve without the traffic jams and tour buses. It’s a space of stillness, of big sky and endless horizon. But it’s by no ...

PODCAST: South Africa is a black country now

“Even if the ANC misfires,” ANC exile intelligence leader Oyama Mabandla says, “there is still no alternative to it. In South Africa black people vote for ...

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