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Patrice Motsepe and Desmond Sacco.

Decoding Motsepe’s fallout with Sacco’s Assore

Inside the growing rift at Assmang

Can the pharma retailers deliver?

Dis-Chem and Clicks serve the same customers but ramp up loyalty

Pick n Pay.

SIMON BROWN: What George Soros, Tencent and Pick n Pay have in common

Pick n Pay’s acquisition of Boxer ranks as an iconic trade

Why Bell rang Hitachi

Deal with Hitachi sets North America distribution arrangement

Why a staff share scheme could help Pick n Pay

Pick n Pay rejected an Esop call from unions

DUNCAN McLEOD: The Prime-ification of South African retail

Deals are tailored to each shopper’s buying behaviour

MARC HASENFUSS: Dithering on the vine after buying Distell

Will Heineken make a decent return on wine?

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PODCAST: Can adversity be an entrepreneur’s greatest advantage?

The authors of a new book discuss successful self-employment

Mteto Nyati at The Uncomfortable Truth event in Johannesburg.

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

After returning Eskom to profitability, Nyati targets high prices

TIM COHEN: Satan, shareholders and the sudden generosity of billionaires

Corporate philanthropy: commendable or just conscience laundering?

JAMIE CARR: Send in the barking clones

Warhound unleashes genetically engineered dogs

 Alison Collier .

The business of building businesses: how Alison Collier scales SA startups

Endeavor SA’s Alison Collier helps grow entrepreneurs

Elections redraw South Africa’s risk-opportunity map

South Africa's metros offer a mixed bag for business

Former Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie.

Gerrie’s R221m gift that keeps on giving

A timely donation, while Bidcorp's Berson sells R42.7m in stock

A bad week for Irvin Jim

The union boss’s chrome plating is peeling off

Inside Pick n Pay’s desperate labour deal

No retrenchments equals a swathe of brutal concessions

Exclusive: Heineken under fire for ‘apparent breach’ of Distell merger terms

New owner of Strongbow hits back at broken deal conditions

Sean Summers.

Pick n Pay ends labour battle, sees turnaround ‘finding its targets’

Shares surge 7% on labour deal, higher margins

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PODCAST: How extraordinary leaders think differently — with Adrian Gore

Success is about more than talent

Financial Mail - 22 October 2026

Harmony Gold faces an intense test of nerves in its Australian expansion amid billions in hedge book losses, heavy capital risks, and environmental challenges