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SA goes boldly into space race despite technical black holes
TREKKIE TOWN

SA goes boldly into space race despite technical black holes

South Africa is a country with the best intentions, but has massive blind spots in its vision. Space is no different.
By Lindsey Schutters
BUSINESS REFLECTION

Crossed Wires: Farewell Nobel prizes — is AI disrupting scientific discovery and ownership?

By Steven Boykey Sidley
Crossed Wires: Farewell Nobel prizes — is AI disrupting scientific discovery and ownership?
OPINIONISTA

Drought-hit Kenya should lift ban on GMO maize imports to prioritise its food security

By Wandile Sihlobo
Drought-hit Kenya should lift ban on GMO maize imports to prioritise its food security
WHERE TO INVEST

Growthpoint has a V&A Waterfront valuation problem

By The Finance Ghost
Growthpoint has a V&A Waterfront valuation problem
OPINIONISTA

The $1.2-trillion desperation play — why Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘bribe’ will backfire

By Natale Labia
The $1.2-trillion desperation play — why Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘bribe’ will backfire
Stop funding failure: Why SA’s utilities need a radical economic reset
OPINIONISTA

Stop funding failure: Why SA’s utilities need a radical economic reset

By Mark Barnes
Apple’s gamble — the iPhone now folds — and SA’s digital divide just widened
DYNAMIC DUO

Apple’s gamble — the iPhone now folds — and SA’s digital divide just widened

By Lindsey Schutters
Why Africa’s smart cities will also need smarter finance
SPONSORED CONTENT

Why Africa’s smart cities will also need smarter finance

By Binance
Rooftop solar showdown — Why Eskom threats have no power
‘barking up the wrong tree’

Rooftop solar showdown — Why Eskom threats have no power

By Chris Yelland
We don’t talk anymore — the case for voice calls in a text age
AFTER THE BELL

We don’t talk anymore — the case for voice calls in a text age

By Stephen Grootes
France’s Champagne deficit presents golden opportunity for SA’s Cap Classique
BUBBLES UP

France’s Champagne deficit presents golden opportunity for SA’s Cap Classique

By Lindsey Schutters
Tractor torque
CARTOON

Tractor torque

By Rico
SPONSORED CONTENT

How a retirement savings plan can help future you keep living your best life

By Glacier by Sanlam
How a retirement savings plan can help future you keep living your best life
MACROECONOMICS

We’re still standing — SA’s GDP contracted, but this does not a recession make

By Lindsey Schutters
We’re still standing — SA’s GDP contracted, but this does not a recession make
Shadow economy

‘Sex worker? No, I’m an adult content creator’ — inside SA’s R6bn OnlyFans boom

By Lindsey Schutters
‘Sex worker? No, I’m an adult content creator’ — inside SA’s R6bn OnlyFans boom
OPINIONISTA

When bond yields get too high: The risk to AI and global markets

By Natale Labia
SPONSORED CONTENT

Telviva launches intelligent digital agent ‘Viva’ to fast-track enterprise AI adoption for SA businesses

By Telviva
CONSUMER TRENDS

Kasinomics — Competition Commission casts new light on SA’s township economy

By Lindsey Schutters
AFTER THE BELL

Sun International and the high-stakes trend defining our time

By Stephen Grootes
Critical minerals need more than legal certainty — they need a fair balance sheet
OPINIONISTA

Critical minerals need more than legal certainty — they need a fair balance sheet

With the demand for new minerals for the global energy transition, South Africa needs to decide what kind of relationship it intends to establish between the holders of capital, the state and the communities affected by the extraction of these metals.
By Christopher Rutledge
HIGH-FLYERS

R739m sponsorship power play — the Boks are a big-bucks business

By Lindsey Schutters
NEW MARKETS

South African citrus exporters juice up their India ambitions

By Bonface Orucho
Africa rising

Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery signs IPO documents before landmark share sale

By By Reuters
PAPER TRAIL

Invoices reveal anomalies in the millions Daybreak Foods paid to PIC-linked law firm

By Lindsey Schutters
Springboks, Shoprite CEO understand the power of making supporters feel part of the team
AFTER THE BELL

Springboks, Shoprite CEO understand the power of making supporters feel part of the team

By Stephen Grootes
If the ANC has given up on Joburg, why should business act any differently?
ANALYSIS

If the ANC has given up on Joburg, why should business act any differently?

By Stephen Grootes
Crossed Wires: Degrees of doubt — how generative AI is fracturing higher education
BUSINESS REFLECTION

Crossed Wires: Degrees of doubt — how generative AI is fracturing higher education

By Steven Boykey Sidley
From abundance to aridity — El Niño poses threat to SA’s summer grain crop
OPINIONISTA

From abundance to aridity — El Niño poses threat to SA’s summer grain crop

By Wandile Sihlobo
Bell Equipment — why hopes of a buyout are keeping a share price afloat
WHERE TO INVEST

Bell Equipment — why hopes of a buyout are keeping a share price afloat

By The Finance Ghost

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