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Busi Mavuso: Business fixes a pothole for R7,500, City of Joburg spends R65,000
STRAIGHT TALK

Busi Mavuso: Business fixes a pothole for R7,500, City of Joburg spends R65,000

A privately funded pothole repair costs about R7,500. The City of Johannesburg spends about R65,000. For Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso, that gap tells the story of a city in decline – and why business is prepared to help rescue it, if politicians are willing to accept scrutiny, accountability and reform.

By Ferial Haffajee
VICTORY SEALED

Government announces Gauteng e-toll debt write-off — but no refunds if you paid

By Estelle Ellis
Government announces Gauteng e-toll debt write-off — but no refunds if you paid
UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP

Bulls into URC final, while Stormers rue moment of madness and curious officiating

By Craig Ray
Bulls into URC final, while Stormers rue moment of madness and curious officiating
ANALYSIS

SA’s murder rate drop is worth celebrating — but we need to be realistic

By Stephen Grootes
SA’s murder rate drop is worth celebrating — but we need to be realistic
CLEAN BREAK (PART 1)

Members for life — The capture of Cape Town’s planning tribunal

By Kevin Bloom
Members for life — The capture of Cape Town’s planning tribunal
Bafana Bafana realise World Cup dream despite Safa botches
AGAINST ALL ODDS

Bafana Bafana realise World Cup dream despite Safa botches

By Yanga Sibembe
Fitch lifts SA’s credit rating, citing ‘prudent fiscal management’
ON THE UP

Fitch lifts SA’s credit rating, citing ‘prudent fiscal management’

By Ed Stoddard
Three days in: Sizekhaya celebrates strong response, first PowerBall millionaire and wider access
SPONSORED CONTENT

Three days in: Sizekhaya celebrates strong response, first PowerBall millionaire and wider access

By Sizekhaya
Backslide
CARTOON

Backslide

By Zapiro
Brazil and SA are key allies, affirms Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho
INTERVIEW

Brazil and SA are key allies, affirms Ambassador Benedicto Fonseca Filho

By Peter Fabricius
‘It’s Hollywood’: MPs slam leadership vacuums as higher education sector positions remain unresolved
CRITICAL GAPS

‘It’s Hollywood’: MPs slam leadership vacuums as higher education sector positions remain unresolved

By Siyabonga Goni
IOL’s R200m expansion plan marks another turn in the Sekunjalo media saga
MEDIA RESET

IOL’s R200m expansion plan marks another turn in the Sekunjalo media saga

By Neesa Moodley
SPONSORED CONTENT

Beyond the coffee fix: Treating sleep as mainstream preventive healthcare

By Strove
Beyond the coffee fix: Treating sleep as mainstream preventive healthcare
VIDEO

Watch – The business of school sport: Are children paying the price?

By Takudzwa Pongweni
Watch – The business of school sport: Are children paying the price?
COMMUNITY ACTION

Extortionist targets Cape Town madrasa with threats and demands for ‘protection’ payments

By Estelle Ellis
Extortionist targets Cape Town madrasa with threats and demands for ‘protection’ payments
Reporter’s Notebook

Aviation experts say apartheid-era Sasol had the answer for the current jet fuel crisis

By Lindsey Schutters
SPONSORED CONTENT

Sandton CBD’s business resurgence: Why the “Square Mile” is reclaiming its crown

By Workshop17
FINANCIAL BLUES

Fiery exchanges, weekend negotiations and depressing stats as metro scrambles to approve Bay budget

By Estelle Ellis
WHERE TO INVEST

Retail sector, local stocks and global businesses: Bidcorp and Santova

By The Finance Ghost
Zambia’s bold debt-for-energy blueprint — a new model for African development
POWER PLAY OP-ED

Zambia’s bold debt-for-energy blueprint — a new model for African development

Zambia pioneers a transformative $600m debt-for-energy deal that promises to reshape African economic development by linking energy infrastructure investment with sovereign debt management.

By Chris Yelland
OPINIONISTA

How anti-migrant tensions are poisoning our children’s future

By Livhuwani Ramphabana
ON THE FLYHALF

Major Sacha injury blow puts Springbok depth to the test

By Jon Cardinelli
READY TO FLY

Chicken exporters say state delays are clipping the wings of SA’s poultry growth

By Neesa Moodley
UNDER FIRE

Why is Nelson Mandela Bay’s legal chief still at work? MPs demand answers

By Riaan Marais and Estelle Ellis
More members implicated in DSD fallout, illegal immigration crackdown and open-water swimming in Gqeberha
WEEKEND WRAP

More members implicated in DSD fallout, illegal immigration crackdown and open-water swimming in Gqeberha

By Daily Maverick
Parliamentary criticism finally moves Nelson Mandela Bay on beachfront safety
KING’S BEACH ACTION

Parliamentary criticism finally moves Nelson Mandela Bay on beachfront safety

By Kyran Blaauw
Incredible maiden flight for Eastern Cape captive-bred lappet-faced vulture
SPREADING WINGS

Incredible maiden flight for Eastern Cape captive-bred lappet-faced vulture

By Kyran Blaauw
Madlanga Commission fallout deepens as Shibiri dismissed, nine officers suspended
DOMINOES TUMBLE

Madlanga Commission fallout deepens as Shibiri dismissed, nine officers suspended

By Vincent Cruywagen
Bok-laden Bulls and injury-plagued Stormers face uphill URC semis challenges
KNOCKOUT RUGBY

Bok-laden Bulls and injury-plagued Stormers face uphill URC semis challenges

By Craig Ray

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