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Camps Bay, sold to a Swiss-based family for R92.5m. Supplied RE/Max Living

Welcome to South Africa, property playground of the ultra-rich

International demand is surging for South Africa’s trophy homes, boosting investment while reigniting affordability concerns among locals

Cyril Ramaphosa balancing act. Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images/Photka/iStock /Getty Images Plus/Pexels/Rene Madrid/Rawpixel/Currency collage

Ramaphosa’s imploding presidency imperils the country

The spectre of the doomsday coalition is back, as the president’s leadership comes under close scrutiny

Nkululeko Dunga, the new Gauteng MEC for finance, and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi at Dunga’s swearing-in cerremony on April 2. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)

Real Politics: the ANC rebels out to kill the GNU

A growing anti-unity government faction inside the ANC is gaining ground and could destabilise national politics before the 2027 conference

Gautrain. Bioclear South Africa – Wikimedia Commons / Rawpixel / Currency collage

RIP, Gautrain? Not so fast

Fears of a failing Gautrain may be premature, as the Gauteng government confirms it will still run under a public-private partnership

Picture: Gauteng Provincial Government, X.com.

Panyaza Lesufi’s grand farce

The Gauteng premier’s state of the province address was two hours and six minutes of hot air, recycled thinking and grandiose promises

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Lesufi’s R200bn flight of fancy

Gauteng is planning an international airport for Sedibeng. Pity it can’t get the basics right in the foundering municipality

Robot. Image by Currency News

Robo premier: Lesufi’s laughable new low 

About 150 of the Gauteng province’s 400 traffic intersections aren’t working. The answer: get someone else to fix them

Infrastructure half-built schools

Lesufi’s legacy: half-built schools and hospitals

You may have missed it, but Gauteng had a new premier last week. Before you get too excited, it’s not a regular thing; agriculture and rural development MEC Vuyiswa Ramokgopa was…