Kabelo Khumalo

Editorial

Mining: the capitalist experiment that detests workers rumbles on

8th May 2022

This week marked 204 years since the birth of German philosopher Karl Marx. A lot of ink, controversy and affirmation have gone...

Business

Hotel industry unites in rate fight

4th May 2022

The hospitality industry is singing from the same hymn book, calling on the national government and municipalities to slash municipal rates to...

Business

Giant’s demise ‘not surprising’

3rd May 2022

Businessman Peter Vundla has expressed his sadness at the near demise of Pamodzi Group, a company he was a shareholder in until...

Business

Too broke to help small businesses

26th April 2022

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has warned that the deep budget cuts it has had to implement will negatively affect its...

Business

Government moots junior mining exploration fund

19th April 2022

The government is considering partnering with the private sector to establish a junior exploration fund as part of its efforts to encourage...

Editorial

Consequences of a costly slip

17th April 2022

Homosexuality is reprehensible and same-sex marriages should be outlawed, the Constitutional Court heard in May 2005. A certain John Smyth, representing lobby...

Business

Potholes are costing farmers millions

12th April 2022

The agriculture sector has decried the poor state of South Africa’s deteriorating road infrastructure that costs the industry millions of rand in...

News

Funding dries up for 2014 Mzimvubu water project

11th April 2022

Four ministers later and having already had a sod-turning event in 2014, the much-anticipated multibillion-rand Mzimvubu water project in Eastern Cape is...

Business

Gas-powered vehicles to overtake EVs

10th April 2022

Fitch Solutions, a subsidiary of the Fitch Group, estimates that South Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) sales expanded by about 22% in 2021,...

Opinion

Equality battle still to be won

5th April 2022

When Dr Mamphela Ramphele became the vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1997, little did she know that she...