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Infrastructure South Africa's Mameetse Masemola.

R1.1-trillion alone won’t fix South Africa’s infrastructure crisis

Mameetse Masemola wants to close SA’s infrastructure delivery gap

Arend du Preez.

Durban port in a jam as Transnet comes under fire

Durban port delays threaten the economy

Martin Kingston.

How long can business afford to play nice with government?

Shouting at the government won't deliver reform

Johann Ferreira.

Intercape: Shot at, shut out and abandoned by the state

Seventeen court orders later, Intercape is still under fire

Nyati bets Eskom can kick the bailout habit

Inside Eskom's great unbundling debate

Director-general of the department of health

Olive Shisana on South Africa’s accountability gap

Olive Shisana on South Africa’s accountability crisis and slow GBV response

How the government put South African mining on the back foot

Peter Major on why bad policies and BEE have stifled South Africa's mining boom

Chris Hatting.

Business-government bromance is failing South Africa

It’s time for business to put government under pressure to deliver

Can Nelson Mandela Bay keep its engine running?

November elections are make or break for the metro

No grid, no growth: South Africa’s transmission crunch

South Africa must build 14,500km of transmission lines by 2034 to connect new renewable power

Pensioners pay for PIC politics

Are politically connected investments exposing pension assets to unnecessary risk?

Stormy weather at the Cape Town port is often blamed for poor delivery.

CHRIS BARRON: Bottleneck at Port of Cape Town risks fruit growers’ lucrative markets

The Port of Cape Town was ranked 400th out of 400 container ports in the 2025 World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence Container Port Performance Index. This has an obvious…