The Writer's Room

If we don’t fix Joburg, there’s little hope for the country The city can be fixed – but only with a stable local government willing […]

Transnet rail recovery starting to show up in rising coal exports Volumes through Richards Bay Coal Terminal are on a four-year uptrend, though not yet […]

Inside South Africa’s booming e-hailing economy Up to 70 000 vehicles now operate on these platforms, creating income for drivers, fleet owners and their suppliers […]

Precious-metal miners are printing money, but have profits peaked? It's been a week of extraordinary results from miners riding the early 2026 wave of surging […]

Crypto criminals are increasingly attacking people, not passwords So-called ‘wrench attacks’ involving kidnapping, home invasions and physical threats have already netted criminals more than $30m […]

Africrypt brothers face fresh R300m claim from former Dubai investor Raees and Ameer Cajee – the Johannesburg brothers behind the Africrypt ‘hack’ – are back […]

Pula’s $195m Motsepe claim thrown out of Tanzanian court on a technicality – for now But the court left the door open for Pula Group […]

NHBRC sits on R11bn but paid just R14m in warranty claims last year Home-building regulator says its real value lies in preventing defects through inspections […]

Southern Palladium gets a mining licence after two decades of trying And after 15 years of fighting, the Bengwenyama-ya-Maswazi community now owns 30% of a […]

South African Sebastiaan Bock handed the reins at Barrick’s international operations Group credits the Stellenbosch University graduate with helping to resolve its prolonged confrontation with […]