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Solar row hots up as Eskom waiver nears end

Eskom, Outa clash over registration rules

Alexa, what’s an existential crisis?

AI mavens are saying their baby might kill us all

Closed doors as Premier shuts out shareholders

The food group may find itself in hot water over its AGM

A sign at the Rent Control Group meeting in Cape Town last month

Cape Town’s Airbnb showdown

Housing activists campaign for stronger restrictions

Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s Warren Wheatley. Picture: Supplied.

Behind the ructions at Africa’s first Bitcoin treasury firm 

Regulator hits founders with thumping sanctions and debars them for 20-years

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PODCAST: How SA’s competition authorities are throttling investment

Is South Africa’s unique anti-trust regime stifling investment and throttling business?

Financial Mail E-edition 3 September 2026

An in-depth look at why competition watchdogs and regulators are facing an escalating crisis of credibility

Anti trust: How South Africa’s inept competition authorities are throttling business

Competition watchdogs face a crisis of credibility

One ticker, three products: what ‘tokenised equity’ means when it reaches a South African desk

This article breaks down what it means for South Africa’s market professionals and the complexities of digital asset ownership

If you want to protect players, get gaming laws right

South Africa is a textbook case of technology moving ahead of regulation – and new laws need a team approach

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PODCAST: Analysing the effectiveness of BEE

Broad-based BEE is one of South Africa’s most contentious policy debates. Has it been undermined by unintended consequences?

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Liquor’s cigarette warning: don’t turn tax policy into a mafia gift 

South Africa is in grave danger of repeating its tobacco mistake: making the illicit industry grow fat, while taxed sales tumble

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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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Minerals Council warns against government ‘sandbagging’

The Minerals Council has called on government to assist the mining industry – not impede its growth. That means no bad surprises

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Regulation is choking firms – and the economy

South Africa’s growth is hampered by the number of small firms entering and exiting the economy without ever scaling or adding significant value

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Sun International’s R100bn opportunity – and problem   

A bumper dividend and the prospect of an industry doubling in size help explain Sun International’s jubilant market reception

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How South Africa stubbed out an industry

The closure of BAT’s factory is not just about ‘illicit trade’. It’s about a state that lacks enforcement capacity

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Gambling tax misses the point

Treasury’s 20% gambling tax won’t curb addiction. Without regulation and safeguards, it risks punishing vulnerable gamblers and deepening harm

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The great bitcoin escape: how billions could have slipped the exchange-control leash

Legal experts say that, for now, transferring crypto outside South Africa is unregulated due to a loophole in the exchange-control framework

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Rolling the dice on regulation: how online betting outplayed authorities

The question is no longer whether to regulate online gambling, but how and when