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The legal problem with Treasury’s new capital controls 

New exchange control proposals depend heavily on discretionary approvals and exemptions that invite inconsistency, unpredictability and arbitrariness

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African shares are set for another humdinger year  

A weaker dollar and bargain-basement valuations could again herald bumper returns in 2026

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Why private markets are eating public markets’ lunch

In the past, going public was the endgame. Now, being listed is increasingly seen as an impediment to growth

How Old Mutual’s new boss stitched up R1.87bn 10X takeover

After a listless decade, Old Mutual has ramped up its ambitions, big time

Copper 360 CEO Graham Briggs. Supplied

Copper 360’s R1.15bn restart  

Copper 360 has had to go to market to raise cash and rework its debts. New CEO Graham Briggs is confident the mining start up will pull it off

Jeanette Marais Momentum. PIcture supplied

Insurance, exciting? Why yes 

For a very long time Momentum Metropolitan was the ugly sister of South African insurance. Not any more

Africa debt

Stress and ‘controlled trauma’: Africa’s debt markets in flux

The downgrade of Afreximbank is emblematic of a tough few years in Africa’s bond markets

Investec Bank CEO Cumesh Moodliar. Picture: Supplied

Investec’s five-year gambit

Investec shares have shaken off their year-long lethargy after the company announced an ambitious five-year growth plan

JSE listings.

Bourse blues: can a new plan reverse the JSE’s vanishing act? 

With only three companies set to list this year, the JSE’s future is an existential issue for local savers

East Rand Consolidated. JSE listing. Picture: Courtesy Paul Miller

The JSE loses a veteran

The quiet delisting of Lonfin is more than just corporate spring cleaning. It’s another waypoint in the long unwinding of an exchange that was once central to the world’s mining…