South African Reits: Are the tough times over?

Investors climb back into SA Inc property stocks as domestic-focused real estate companies return to profit

MARC HASENFUSS: In the luxurious realm of the cash king

Richemont’s Rupert talks about investing in China (but not now) as he considers where to put some of the group’s R167bn pile (or maybe just keep it)

JUSTICE MALALA: Seta boards saved from last grab at the loot

Lightweight minister fails in bid to put billions into the hands of ANC cronies

Joburg ready for housing recovery at last

The clever money is starting to cash in on Joburg’s value proposition, but Cape Town remains the country’s prime property hotspot — for now, anyway

NATASHA MARRIAN: Ah, the good old days

Bantu Holomisa recalls the golden era of Madiba diplomacy, and suggests trying to revive the binational commission with the US

Exposed in the DRC

End of mission in the DRC highlights decline of SA military influence

TK POOE: How to fix South Africa’s broken SOEs

The ANC and DA must abandon their ideological trenches and adopt lessons from Asia’s state-led growth and the West’s privatisation regrets

A bad week for Nasiphi Moya

The Tshwane mayor should know that playing pothole politics is not as easy as 1-2-3

CHRIS ROPER: Algorithms come to Babel

Many years ago God didn’t like it when humanity united to build a skyscraper, so he used language to divide them. Today big tech does something similar

Green light for green hydrogen plant in Namibia

Swakopmund in Namibia to be the site for green hydrogen power plant that promises stable, clean power

EDITORIAL: No flights of fancy for Astral

With a no-nonsense business model, lean and mean Astral Foods could be poised to claw back profits

LETTER: Put South Africa first

All South Africans want is a decent life: to have a job, to be safe, to be healthy, and to know that their children have a future. The ANC has failed to ...

LETTER: The facts on presidential elections

Neither South Africans nor Americans elect their presidents directly

EDITORIAL: Daybreak’s collapse raises questions about PIC governance

PIC and GEPF directors, being responsible for state pensioners’ money, have far more onerous responsibilities than most boards in monitoring the entities they ...

JAMIE CARR: Why LVMH is punch-drunk

Despite owning iconic brands such as Moët & Chandon and Dom Pérignon, Moët Hennessy has gone from generating €1bn in cash in 2019 to eating up €1.5bn last year

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TOBY SHAPSHAK: Trump handed Cyril Ramaphosa and SA a win

Instead of fighting among ourselves, SA is united in condemnation for Donald Trump’s trash talking

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Sekunjalo makes offer to bail Ayo Technology out of the JSE

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Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has made an offer of to buy up the shares in Ayo Technology Solutions it does not already own

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Solly Malatsi gazettes new draft rules for foreign telecoms operators

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Communications minister has issued a directive to enable foreign telecoms operators to enter the market without adhering to empowerment laws

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JUSTICE MALALA: Seta boards saved from last grab at the loot

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Despite owning iconic brands such as Moët & Chandon and Dom Pérignon, Moët Hennessy has gone from generating €1bn in cash in 2019 to eating up €1.5bn last year

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TK POOE: How to fix South Africa’s broken SOEs

The ANC and DA must abandon their ideological trenches and adopt lessons from Asia’s state-led growth and the West’s privatisation regrets

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