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—The department of public enterprises announced that South Africa is in the final stage of negotiations with a potential investor for its grounded flag carrier, a move that would give the airline a boost just as it emerges from bankruptcy protection.

– President Cyril Ramaphosa said corruption “leads to a breakdown of party morality, and the ANC becomes less attractive, and it leads to the loss of electoral support. If we don’t [do something], we are on a one-way ticket to oblivion and defeat,” o

a year after Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party came to power in the United Kingdom, she made a speech at the party’s congress in Brighton. She is remembered for her “the lady is not for turning” remark. However, in my humble opinion, she mention

Acting Editor Jaco Visser Managing Editor Zerelda Esterhuizen Journalists and Contributors Simon Brown, Johan Fourie, Jacques Claassen, Moxima Gama, Marcia Klein, Schalk Louw, David McKay, Bonang Mohale, Brett Olson, Timothy Rangongo, Peet Serfontein

– US President Joe Biden made a claim during his first address to Congress that the economy has gained some 1.3m new jobs in the first few months of his administration — more than in the first 100 days of any presidency. The BBC reported that he quic

Sasol’s willpower is finally paying off after its Lake Charles Chemicals Project in the US and volatile oil prices bled the company dry over the past two years – its share price plummeted to an astounding 2 075c/share all-time low last year from a hi

The Capricorn Equity Fund, which aims to track the FTSE/JSE Capped SWIX Top 40 Index, is domiciled in Namibia. The fund’s performance over the 12 months through 31 March is indicative of the strong rebound in South African-listed shares following the

Revego Africa Energy* invests in developed renewable energy assets, initially in South Africa and eventually they will expand into the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. They will in time invest up to 10% into developments but the business model is largely

the last year has changed everything as we lived through the first major pandemic in more than a century. For many it meant a very tough year as incomes and lives were lost. This is our reality as a society and even as vaccines are rolled out, the ef

unsurprisingly, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the travel industry, but despite this, the performance of listed online travel agencies (OTAs) has exceeded that of global equity markets since the end of the first quarter of 2020

the role of fixed income in multi-asset portfolios is evolving with the unprecedented levels of market volatility we have seen this year, and it is hard to think of a better time to rethink fixed income. In today’s fixed-income markets, investors fac

following the release of Steven Spielberg’s hit film Jaws in 1975, the 1978 sequel, Jaws 2, had one of the most famous taglines ever: “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water”. I’ll try to not give too much away, in case anyone hasn

Pick n Pay’s results for the year ending February, released on 21 April, were pretty much all about the lockdown, including the early hard lockdown. As such it was liquor and tobacco sales that were down 31% and being a high-margin part of their busi

costs matter. The amount you pay in fees when buying or selling is just as important as the total expense ratio (TER) of a unit trust or exchange-traded fund (ETF) that you invest in. The question is when do we let these costs influence a decision to

while the pandemic severely disrupted the delivery of education across the world, listed education companies showed some resilience and their enrolments remained robust. However, their ability to increase fees and earn revenue from adjunct services w

president Cyril Ramaphosa constantly emphasises the importance of investing in infrastructure in South Africa and has launched numerous initiatives such as the infrastructure fund to promote investment in this sector. Business Leadership South Africa

in 2017, more than 7 300 South Africans emigrated to the United Kingdom (UK). Currently there are more than 250 000 South Africans living in the UK and this number seems to be increasing. The proposed amendments to the withdrawal of retirement intere

Jackie van Niekerk put herself through university, obtaining a BCom degree at the University of Pretoria. Now 39, she is married with two young children, aged seven and two. “There’s a saying about mom guilt that goes something like this: ‘you take t

one of my favourite sporting memories is watching live Fifa World Cup games in 2010. Nothing could match the exhilaration of game day, the trip to the stadium, the singing of the national anthems, the buzz of the vuvuzelas, the goals, the banter, the