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Infrastructure South Africa's Mameetse Masemola.
INFRASTRUCTURE

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

Mameetse Masemola wants to close SA’s infrastructure delivery gap

  • Chris Barron
7 min read
ELECTIONS

The enclaves that may keep South Africa afloat

South Africa's growing escape from local government

  • Tim Cohen
4 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

TIM COHEN: Ramaphosa’s arc from hope to despair

Ramaphosa started out so well, but now …

  • Tim Cohen
6 min read
A poster from the ANC hangs along a road in Soweto, Johannesburg.
SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Why has Ramaphosa, SA’s most promising president, failed?

The perpetual consensus builder has failed to grasp the nettle of reform

  • Tim Cohen
10 min read
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

New dawn for broken municipalities?

Inside the blueprint for local government reform

  • Giulietta Talevi
8 min read
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Jozi’s mission impossible: How to fix a ruined city

Joburg’s long road back from the brink

  • Shirley de Villiers
15 min read
Mteto Nyati at The Uncomfortable Truth event in Johannesburg.
ENERGY

ROB ROSE: Nyati’s next task: softening Eskom’s tariff blow

After returning Eskom to profitability, Nyati targets high prices

  • Rob Rose
5 min read
Enoch Godongwana.
ECONOMY

In Treasury’s words: Why South Africa’s reforms can’t stall

Godongwana says SA could top 3% growth if reform holds

  • Vernon Wessels
4 min read
ELECTIONS

The week ahead: ANC heads to court as election clock ticks

News to watch out for in the days to come

  • The South Africa Brief
3 min read
ENERGY

Nyati bets Eskom can kick the bailout habit

Inside Eskom's great unbundling debate

  • Chris Barron
8 min read
ENERGY

DUNCAN McLEOD: Why Eskom is courting bitcoin miners

Eskom and Nersa court bitcoin miners

  • Duncan McLeod
4 min read
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ROB ROSE: Crime, punishment and the King code

South Africa needs ethics, not new laws

  • Rob Rose
5 min read
ECONOMICS

Stuck in the middle: Observations from a South African tourist in Mexico

First things first: The food is fabulous

  • Tim Cohen
14 min read
ENERGY

ROB ROSE: Lights dim at Joburg’s City Power clown show

A new report points to a way out of City Power’s doom loop

  • Rob Rose
5 min read
ENERGY

A good week for Eskom chair Mteto Nyati

He gets another three years in the post, thank goodness

1 min read
PERSONAL FINANCE

Changing Regulation 28: A solution looking for a problem

Forcing investments to stay at home would make savers poorer

  • Sandy McGregor
  • Matthew Patterson
11 min read
Power lines above homes in Shalazile, Joburg, where residents say reliable electricity means families can light their homes, cook, use fridges and iron their children’s school clothes.
ENERGY TRANSITION

Solar to light the way for Joburg’s informal settlements

The city has a R517.8m solar-powered microgrid solution

  • Thabo Molelekwa
9 min read
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy Paul Mashatile greet the ANC supporters at the party’s 112th birthday celebrations in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, in January 2024.
GOVERNANCE

EDITORIAL: Will the ANC learn from the tender law defeat?

New version of Public Procurement Act will be harder to formulate

4 min read
BUSINESS RESCUE

PETER VAN DEN STEEN: Distress doesn’t kill companies — delay does

Companies rarely collapse overnight; signals appear early

  • Peter van den Steen
5 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

LETTER: Calling out the business-government fairytale

The numbers undermine the ‘We can fix it’ myth

3 min read