3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (146+ words) Wandile Sihlobo and Daneel Rossouw discuss issues facing Western Cape farmers in the 2025/2026 season The Western Cape is one of South Africa’s most important agricultural regions. In the 2025/2026 season, the province experienced a range of challenges, including destructive floods that…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (83+ words) Financial Mail Bringing in an outside operator and capital into Pier 2 at Durban port is a miniature version of what may eventually happen across the state-owned logistics operator For most of the past decade Transnet has had an obvious problem:…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (176+ words) The strategic embrace of Agoa by the US is good news for Africa — but will it want South Africa to be part of the deal, and will tariff benefits remain? Only a year ago, the African Growth & Opportunity Act (Agoa)…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (153+ words) Financial Mail South Africa’s infrastructure may remain publicly owned even as the institutions that own it do less of the work. As private capital and expertise move deeper into electricity, rail and ports, the bigger change is where economic power…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (354+ words) With legal gambling turnover now in excess of R1.5-trillion, capital stewards should consider the ethics of supporting a sector that often makes the poor even poorer Sectors such as energy, mining and apparel often attract ESG scrutiny, and rightly so,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (557+ words) At home & abroad China once escaped disaster by drastically changing its thinking. We must do that now One no longer needs to be an Albert Einstein to see that South Africa is in a rut and needs a major reset....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (733+ words) Neither a prospective cash injection nor a bumper copper price has done much to lift Jubilee Metals’ share price. The clue may lie in its reliance on increasingly pricey sulphuric acid On the surface, Zambia-focused copper producer Jubilee Metals’ share…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (854+ words) De Beers was once among the most influential names in the global diamond industry. Anglo American failed to turn that into the kind of enduring brand value that could withstand changing markets. The consequences have been extraordinary. Question: What would…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (844+ words) South Africa’s dams are full and its soil moist after a good rainy season In recent weeks, fears have ratcheted up among South African farmers of the impact that the expected El Niño weather system will have on local agriculture....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (473+ words) Rocky road ahead as judge slams road agency’s conduct as The collapse of the routine road maintenance tender by the South African National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) has left its accountability, not just its procurement, in question. The R9.5bn maintenance tender…...