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Making a mark: Tshwane residents cast their votes during the 2016 local government elections.

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: When the tail wags the coalition dog

How smaller parties shape budgets, delivery and accountability

Donald Trump.

Bye, Agoa, you were great

South Africa and Rwanda have been ejected from the US programme

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WATCH: What would exclusion from Agoa mean for South Africa’s agricultural sector?

Exclusion from Agoa could hit farm exports to the US

NATASHA MARRIAN: The murky story of Tshwane’s dirty water

More than investigations are needed to fix water systems

South Africa bids for a bigger slice of global finance

Push to revive SA’s standing in financial markets intensifies

Martin Kingston.

How long can business afford to play nice with government?

Shouting at the government won't deliver reform

STUART THEOBALD: Why South Africa is still paying the price for greylisting

Our laws are in place. We need prosecutions

The world is growing richer. South Africa is not

Stalling on fixed investment is our biggest handbrake to growth

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WATCH: The government is releasing about 2.5-million hectares of land to black farmers

South African agriculture faces transformation

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PODCAST: South Africa’s stalling growth: policy vs potential

Neil Emerick and Michael Avery discuss South Africa's economic stagnation

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

First things first: The food is fabulous

VUSI VOKWANA: Mining law reform must build more than share prices

SA’s mining problem isn’t just regulation, it’s who gets value

Markets. Picture: Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: Safe enough havens: The great global risk rerating

Risk is shifting as old safe havens lose their shine

How to drag the state back from the brink

Criminal intent is the key problem in South Africa's public service

Africa sovereign wealth fund

LETTER: Why South Africa needs a sovereign wealth fund

Strong safeguards will be necessary, of course

How the government put South African mining on the back foot

Peter Major on why bad policies and BEE have stifled South Africa's mining boom

Fake token. Rawpixel/Currency

CHRISTO DE WIT: Lessons in clarity for South Africa’s regulators

South Africa's urgent need for parliamentary clarity on crypto regulation

Financial Mail 24 September 2026

Government plans to support the South African motor industry, but critics caution that persistent delays could lead to severe setbacks

Crypto’s Clarity Act is dead. Long live crypto

Why US regulators, not Congress, revived crypto

JUSTICE MALALA: South Africans pay a high price for a ‘cold drink’

Business can’t replace the state