ILLICIT COPPER-TUNITIES Ripple effects — new report unpacks the corrosive scourge of copper cable theft in South Africa 5 min 6 By Ed Stoddard
COMPANIES Thungela flags its Transnet woes in financial 2023 pre-close statement as coal exports set to hit new lows 2 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
TURNAROUND ATTEMPT Cabinet approves plan to break Transnet’s monopoly and promote competition in SA’s logistics network 3 min 10 By Ray Mahlaka
RECESSION WATCH Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index wilts into negative terrain in fourth quarter 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
Business Maverick Government throws a R47-billion support package to get Transnet back on track 5 min 37 By Ray Mahlaka
BLEAK OUTLOOK ArcelorMittal sees no way to avoid the closure of its steel operations in SA, and looming job losses 4 min 38 By Ray Mahlaka
ANALYSIS No matter how angrily the ANC reacts, its candidate process is tainted 4 min 12 By Stephen Grootes
SEEKING SOLUTIONS OP-ED Response to South Africa’s crisis (Part One) — social hope and collective action for change 7 min 1 By Raymond Suttner
SOE SOS Transnet’s financial crunch intensifies after losing millions in revenue due to Durban port inefficiencies 3 min 21 By Ray Mahlaka
SOE SOS Transnet seeks further reprieve from R10bn debt repayment as December deadline looms 3 min 4 By Ray Mahlaka
ANALYSIS Pravin Gordhan’s rough ride from anti-corruption hero to being an integral part of SA’s problem 5 min 20 By Stephen Grootes
REVENUE SHORTFALL ‘Transnet and Eskom’s failures have cost South Africa R200bn’, says Sars boss 4 min 1 By Neesa Moodley
GROUND-LEVEL REPORT Port in a storm — the truck nuisance taking the shine off Richards Bay’s boomtime, and what’s being done about it 6 min 2 By Chris Makhaye
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT MTBPS: Government to borrow more money as revenue dries up 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
DRAFT LEGISLATION Presidential powers in National State Enterprises Bill flagged as a threat to SOE reforms 4 min 25 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: The Sanral dispute - a decoder (Volume 2) 5 min 0 By Unknown Author
NATIONAL CALAMITY OP-ED South Africa’s polycrisis – we have to stop the fall before we can begin to rise 5 min 1 By Ann Bernstein
MTBPS Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement likely to present a gloomy fiscal outlook 4 min 5 By Neesa Moodley and Ed Stoddard
BIG BUCKS BAILOUT Transnet’s turnaround plan is premised on securing a R100bn ‘capital injection’ from government 4 min 40 By Ray Mahlaka
DERAILED Transnet cancels contract allowing private sector player to operate railway line 3 min 25 By Ray Mahlaka
