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With more than two decades in business journalism and as an author of Steinheist and The Grand Scam, Rob knows his way around a balance sheet. While editor of the Financial Mail for eight years, the title bucked the trend of falling circulation, producing award-winning news.
Patrick Dlamini's return as PIC CEO has seemingly calmed tensions, but deeper issues persist. Political interference, governance failures, and a controversial R411m payment…
The high court has ruled Patrick Dlamini’s suspension unlawful, clearing the way for his return as PIC CEO after weeks of political turmoil
New PIC chair Seiso Mohai faces DA questions over his wife’s firm and its Free State government payments under Ace Magashule
Seiso Mohai is named PIC chair after a political fallout unseated the previous board, reviving pressure to depoliticise its leadership
This week: paid political influence, Ramaphosa’s reform setbacks, the PIC leadership vacuum and looming FATF greylisting concerns
As the PIC grapples with a governance vacuum, the CEO says his suspension was based on anonymous speculation, not evidence
Patrick Dlamini goes to court over his suspension as the PIC board collapses, deepening the governance crisis at the asset manager
The PIC’s latest crisis, Ramaphosa’s credibility, El Niño risks and Air Zimbabwe’s London return – as told by Rob Rose and Zukile Majova
Four more PIC directors are said to have quit after Godongwana threatened to dissolve the board, deepening the crisis at Africa’s largest asset manager
PIC CEO Patrick Dlamini’s suspension has reignited questions over governance, politics and accountability at the R3.6-trillion asset manager
South Africa’s diplomatic decay, the PIC scandal, Julius Malema and election politics take centre stage in the first video episode of ‘Sharp Sharp’
Standard Bank’s renminbi experiment is taking off, driven by customer demand to simplify trade and reduce currency costs
Rob Rose and Zukile Majova on DA infighting, Tony Leon’s lobbying, Dina Pule’s return and the politics of cashing in on connections
Data centres could be Africa’s next big investment story – if governments can get electricity and regulation right
The Constitutional Court’s banks ruling has intensified scrutiny of a Competition Commission battling credibility and competence
There’s no little irony as a UK court reveals a grisly end for businessman Malcolm King, Markus Jooste’s fixer
In the wake of June 30, Rob Rose and Zukile Majova unpack March and March, its ties to MK Party, and the economics behind xenophobia
Lewis’s market-beating success is powered as much by credit as furniture
March and March’s June 30 deadline is looming. Is South Africa prepared for another outbreak of xenophobia?
Sanlam’s investment highlights how Africa is building its own creditworthy, bankable infrastructure projects. And investors are biting
