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PG Glass and Glasfit face heavy fines over alleged 22-year price-fixing cartel

SHATTERED ILLUSIONS

PG Glass and Glasfit face heavy fines over alleged 22-year price-fixing cartel

By Lindsey Schutters

After the Bell: The sky-high gold price — who benefits?

BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: The sky-high gold price — who benefits?

By Stephen Grootes

The numbers behind the Medscheme/Bonitas bombshell litigation

TENDER TURMOIL

The numbers behind the Medscheme/Bonitas bombshell litigation

By Neesa Moodley

Dr Martyn Davies

By Dr Martyn Davies

Rethinking an industrial strategy for South Africa

19 February 2026

Johan Kotze and Freek van Rooyen

By Johan Kotze and Freek van Rooyen

Court mandates suspension of R531m tax payment, challenging SARS ‘pay now, argue later’ rule

19 February 2026

Wade Seale

By Wade Seale

AI’s real threat: white-collar jobs vanish faster than policymakers notice

19 February 2026

SA’s citrus future depends on the logistics built today

OP-ED

SA’s citrus future depends on the logistics built today

By Boitshoko Ntshabele

Statistically employed

CARTOON

Statistically employed

By Rico

South Africa’s economy starts repairing, but recovery remains slow and fragile

MACRO MENDING

South Africa’s economy starts repairing, but recovery remains slow and fragile

By Kara Le Roux

Loaded For Bear: Tim Cohen brings Leon Louw's overlooked legacy to life

BOOK REVIEW

Loaded For Bear: Tim Cohen brings Leon Louw's overlooked legacy to life

By Ed Stoddard

South Africans share property ladder lessons: sacrifice, strategy, stubborn optimism

PERSONAL FINANCE

South Africans share property ladder lessons: sacrifice, strategy, stubborn optimism

By Neesa Moodley

Ayal Belling

By Ayal Belling

AI is bringing unemployment to the middle class

18 February 2026

Towers, tailings and Texas: three corporate power plays

SENS SNIPPETS

Towers, tailings and Texas: three corporate power plays

By Neesa Moodley

Pam Golding faces fallout over management of millions, bribes paid to former president's son

OPEN SECRETS

Pam Golding faces fallout over management of millions, bribes paid to former president's son

By Ra'eesa Pather for Open Secrets

CEO remuneration in the age of inequality — what exactly are we rewarding?

EXORBITANT EARNINGS

CEO remuneration in the age of inequality — what exactly are we rewarding?

By Salomé Teuteberg

What is Eskom’s end state, ask energy traders

POWER CLARITY

What is Eskom’s end state, ask energy traders

By Ferial Haffajee

After the Bell: The strange virtue of inauthenticity

BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: The strange virtue of inauthenticity

By Stephen Grootes

Inside the Paarl solar panel plant trading on local agility to challenge imported panels

WATTS UP

Inside the Paarl solar panel plant trading on local agility to challenge imported panels

By Kara Le Roux

Natale Labia

By Natale Labia

Crypto ‘insurgents’ take on Wall Street in battle for financial dominance

17 February 2026

Unemployment data at a glance — and what the experts say

DISCOURAGED RECOVERY

Unemployment data at a glance — and what the experts say

By Neesa Moodley

South Africa’s electricity reform has reached its moment of truth

POWER SHIFTS OP-ED

South Africa’s electricity reform has reached its moment of truth

By Chris Yelland