Thato Mmereki The age of the sovereign venture capitalist has arrived, and SA is exposed 6 min 0 6 February 2026
BITTER BLOW Legal battles complicate Tongaat Hulett’s rescue as statutory obligations loom large 6 min 1 By Kara Le Roux
GROUNDUP ARTsolar throws in towel in ‘gagging’ case against ‘whistle-blowers’ and journalist 3 min 1 By Tania Broughton
MANUFACTURING BOOST Upbeat Stellantis to start work on R3bn plant in Nelson Mandela Bay within weeks 4 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Whistle-blowers launch constitutional challenge to solar panel firm’s gag order in battle over ‘defamatory allegations’ 3 min 0 By Tania Broughton
GROUNDUP ARTsolar battle — Industrial Development Corporation challenges order gagging journalist, whistle-blowers 4 min 1 By Tania Broughton
STAY OF EXECUTION Temporary reprieve for ArcelorMittal SA’s long steel division as closure deferred amid financial woes 4 min 0 By Yeshiel Panchia
INTERVIEW ArcelorMittal SA awaits government solution to save steel operations and jobs: CEO Kobus Verster 4 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
WONDERFU(E)L FUTURE ANALYSIS South Africa’s ‘green hydrogen’ dream — hype or hope? 8 min 11 By Tony Carnie
AMABHUNGANE PetroSA taps notorious political operator for massive offshore gas deal 11 min 36 By Susan Comrie for amaBhungane
PRESIDENTIAL CLIMATE COMMISSION Study finds four ways SA can embrace the ‘social ownership of renewable energy’ 5 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OP-ED Entrepreneurship is a risky pathway – the Social Employment Fund helps cushion that 4 min 0 By Zak Essa
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR The sale of a big chunk in Foskor is still in the offing, says IDC 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
AFTER THE BELL Is the IDC helping, or hurting, SA’s industrialisation effort? 4 min 0 By Unknown Author
SOCIOECONOMICS Industrial Development Corporation rises above the slump in SA’s state-owned universe 3 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Government’s report card on black industrialist programme shows 900 businesses were given R44bn 3 min 4 By Ray Mahlaka
INDUSTRIALISATION FAIL No one guarding the henhouse at Cast as business rescue fees rack up 4 min 0 By Unknown Author
MAVERICK CITIZEN: EASTERN CAPE After thieves steal food for 800 Gqeberha pupils, non-profit donates three months' worth of meals 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
