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Lewis: debt, with a side of furniture

Lewis’s market-beating success is powered as much by credit as furniture

PPC results. Rawpixel; Currency

PPC’s comeback starts to cement itself

PPC’s CEO says there’s still value trapped in the business, though analysts say he needs to look outside.

Retail shopping bag. Rawpixel/Currency collage

The real story behind South Africa’s retail results

The latest retail results reveal more about businesses than consumers: when growth disappears, execution matters

FirstRand CEO Mary Vilakazi. Firstrand.co.za

FirstRand’s Vilakazi asks South Africa for a ‘more neutral stance’ as Iran war escalates

The bank’s CEO is concerned that geopolitical fallout resulting from South Africa’s perceived alliances could hurt the economy

Discovery HQ. Supplied

Discovery, fit and flexing, defies market rout

Discovery has pumped money into growing its bank and investment business, while grabbing market share in life insurance and medical aid

Investec CEO Fani Titi. Supplied

Investec’s five-year plan: smart humans on tap, not chatbots

While Jonathan Oppenheimer might believe the UK is ‘uninvestable’, banking group Investec is betting that the country’s corporate sector can breathe life into its profits

Ban online gambling ads, says Pick n Pay CEO

Sean Summers has added his voice to an increasingly strident chorus of businesses speaking out against the unregulated gambling industry. This is now sucking R1.5-trillion from…

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane. Gallo Images/Lubabalo Lesolle

Eskom says it’ll stop bleeding South Africa dry

After clocking up losses of R159.5bn for the past seven years, Eskom is finally back in the black

MTN CEO Ralph Mupita. Gallo Images/Business Day/Freddy Mavunda

Ghosts of MTN’s past erase R26bn overnight

MTN’s ‘best first half in eight years’ has been marred by its misadventures in Iran and Afghanistan

Results. Old Mutual

Why Old Mutual is betting its South African future on banking 

Old Mutual CEO Iain Williamson has high hopes for the group’s new bank; he reckons in time it will be the central axis around which the company revolves

Mary Vilakazi FirstRand. Picture: Supplied

The exchange … with FirstRand’s Mary Vilakazi

A surprise improvement in customers’ credit standing has helped FirstRand, but CEO Mary Vilakazi says SA really needs better GDP growth

Adrian Gore. Discovery. Picture: supplied

Discovery, six years and R15bn later, makes bank

Discovery poured R15bn into launching its bank. With SA’s fragile economy squeezing its medical business, it’s a good thing the bank is in the black