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PODCAST: ‘ListenUP’ – should the PIC be closed down?

Is the PIC still fit for purpose? Or should South Africa replace its R3-trillion state asset manager with private expertise?

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The R155bn property titan you never knew existed

Government plans to monetise 88,000 properties and 5-million hectares of land through the creation of a national property company

New security laws ‘a total abuse of power’

Amendments to the private security industry regulations have drawn sharp criticism from industry hands and the public alike

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Bad economics

The idea of using South African lenders’ balance sheets to magic up more investment is alluring – but it’s misguided, and potentially dangerous

Infrastructure. Public private partnerships. Picture: Currency

PPPs to the rescue? Not quite yet

South Africa needs massive investment to meet its infrastructure goals. It’s looking to PPPs to plug the gap.

Transnet chair Andile Sangqu. Picture: J. Countess/Getty Images.

Transnet seeks R50bn bailout

Transnet is looking to government to help it manage its debt burden and lure the private sector

Pricey Schools

These are South Africa’s priciest schools for 2025

Elite schools will breach new thresholds in 2025, with nine day schools charging more than R200,000 a year and one boarding school surpassing R400,000

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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

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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

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Collaborate this: Ramaphosa talks 3% growth

“I stand here as the guilty party, who is always accused of embarking on too many consultation processes,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the second phase of…