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How long can Cape Town house prices defy gravity?

Homebuyers retreat as rates rise

Higher interest rates squeeze buyers as demand cools

Arend du Preez.

Durban port in a jam as Transnet comes under fire

Durban port delays threaten the economy

South Africa economy turnaround. Pexels / Sherissa; Rawpixel; Currency

MICHAEL AVERY: How to get the economy growing

How to unleash South Africa's potential

MICHAEL AVERY: When merger control becomes mission creep

Do-over of Premier merger looks like regulatory overkill

Farmer David Rakgase on his farm in Northam Limpopo.

WANDILE SIHLOBO: Title deeds for state land will boost black farmers

Land with ownership rights could be a game-changer

WANDILE SIHLOBO: Sowing for a summer season of uncertainty

Iran and El Niño could scupper higher plantings

Rosebank Mall

The tills are still ringing merrily — for now

Mall owners top the sector’s earnings growth leaderboard

WANDILE SIHLOBO: El Niño – here’s the good news

South Africa is well placed to weather El Niño

Changing Regulation 28: A solution looking for a problem

Forcing investments to stay at home would make savers poorer

Ride or die: How SA’s motor industry can make it out alive

The government is planning revival, but the clock is ticking

STUART THEOBALD: Seize the moment to fix procurement

We have the chance now to draft proper legislation

Spencer Sonn, Pick n Pay CEO-designate.

Rising Sonn: why Pick n Pay went to Woolworths for its next CEO

Spencer Sonn has his work cut out at the loss-making retailer

Where property pays — and where it doesn’t

Western Cape property outpaces other provinces while Joburg stagnates

Chris Hatting.

Business-government bromance is failing South Africa

It’s time for business to put government under pressure to deliver

Parks Tau.

TIM COHEN: Has Parks Tau accidentally invented an escape route from BEE?

Now here's a delicious irony

V&A Waterfront: Still the jewel in Growthpoint’s crown.

Joburg’s decay makes Growthpoint look mouldy

The Reit's earnings forecast lags those of its peers

South African oranges.

How South African citrus outcompetes the world’s agriculture giants

Agriculture is one of the country’s biggest economic strengths

Transnet has been struggling to provide adequate services due to underinvestment.

Transnet: from operations to capital crisis  

How Transnet will finance the next phase of its turnaround is anyone's guess

WANDILE SIHLOBO: Port recovery swells the coffers of South Africa’s farmers

Port improvements and the extension of Agoa have boosted South Africa's agricultural export earnings

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

Competition watchdogs face a crisis of credibility