EXCLUSIVE: The plan to bring clothing manufacturing back home

The clothing industry has been brought to its knees after years of cut-price competition from Chinese imports, but a new revival plan is gaining traction and ...

ANALYSIS: The perils of polling

Pre-election surveys aren’t predictions of the outcomes of the polls. But they do offer a snapshot of voter sentiment at a particular moment. Two new polls ...

Where the rich are placing their housing bets

The super-wealthy are discovering a new crop of property hotspots in city, sun and ski belts across the globe, with Cape Town jostling for position

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South Africa at 30: A tale of two countries

South Africa’s democratic history can be seen in two halves: 15 years of development, where life got demonstrably better for the majority of the population; 15 ...

SA at 30: an exercise in wasted potential

South Africa’s economic progress can be divided into two halves — before and after the global financial crisis. The rapid progress in the first half was wiped ...

SA at 30: The truth interrupted

Almost three decades since the TRC was established, the victims of apartheid atrocities are still waiting for justice

South Africa at 30: Diplomatic transformation

From Mandela’s moral foreign policy to more transactional international relations, South Africa’s fortunes on the world stage have ebbed and flowed over the ...

South Africa at 30: SA Inc on the starting line

South African business has experienced some turbulent times in the past 30 years. Now, it needs an enabling environment if it — and the economy — is to thrive

SA takes to the world stage

Over 30 years, South Africa has produced Olympic medallists, world champions, Nobel laureates and Oscar and Grammy Award winners. It speaks to a country ...

Ramaphosa at the heart of ANC's election puzzle

Ramaphosa, still seen as the ruling party’s biggest asset, will make razzle-dazzle visits to heavily populated metros while other leaders are sent to ‘more ...

Untangling Zuma’s web

As the election nears, Jacob Zuma’s MK Party is tied up in a legal tussle with the IEC. That matter speaks to the separation of powers between the executive ...

SA’s post-election scenarios and possibilities

The rand has wobbled, ostensibly on fears of the ANC forming an election coalition with the EFF, but a more benign outcome remains most analysts’ base case

Zimbabwe’s currency ZiG-zag

The central bank has introduced its sixth local currency in yet another attempt at monetary stability. But Zimbabweans are having none of it

Swazi Secrets part 3: How to capture a bank

Eswatini central bank red-flags Farmers Bank licence

Swazi Secrets part 2: The construction kingpin

As chair of the Inyatsi group, Mitchelo Shakantu has built a business empire with stakes across the Eswatini economy. But Inyatsi Construction — the jewel in ...