The Writer's Room

The City of Gold’s fragile base … there is still enough gold in the old mining tunnels to support a thriving underground (literally) economy. Here, […]

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. The launch of Sibambene Coal this week puts paid to the idea that coal is a sunset industry. Sibambene […]

  This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Two cases involving state-owned companies illustrate the perils of taking politicians at their word. The first involves Airport […]

Most of them from non-white South Africans looking for a bolt-hole. This article first appeared in Moneyweb. South Africans looking for a bolt hole in […]

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. The Auditor-General says there are doubts over the ability of SA Nuclear Energy Company (Necsa) and its subsidiary Pelchem […]

This article first appeared at Moneyweb. We are now in the era of the gold mining super-deal. The only question that remains is who will […]

This article first appeared in Groundup. A methane gas explosion ripped through the Gloria Coal Mine on 4 February, trapping 22 men underground. They were […]

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. President Cyril Ramaphosa in his state of the nation address announced the unbundling of Eskom into three operating units. […]

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Last week a gang of more than 40 suspected cable thieves overwhelmed security guards and made their way down […]