Electric cars: Is now the time to plug in?
South Africa is hugely behind the electric vehicle adoption curve, but the falling cost of cars and high price of fuel are radically changing…
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The NHI is dead (say economists); long live the NHI (says the ANC)
If you think the ANC is going to magic National Health Insurance into existence, you may as well believe in unicorns…
Call in the diplomatic SWAT team
South Africa’s high-stakes diplomatic gamble: can a delegation to the US defuse tensions?…
Joburg: Down but not out
Joburg’s streets are more than just potholes and broken traffic lights – they’re unintentional works of art…
Fear and tariffs at the G20
Donald Trump threw a grenade into South Africa’s first meeting of the G20 finance ministers, with a threat of 25% tariffs for Europe…
Trump orders USAID-funded HIV organisations in South Africa to shut down
USAID-funded projects focused on HIV prevention and treatment, including TB programmes, received termination letters overnight…
Orange overalls welcome at car crash RAF
The RAF has thrown open the door to people with criminal records, despite the high-trust financial management work it’s supposed to perform…
Big game, bright lights
The wildlife industry is staging a pyrotechnic comeback amid renewed demand for top breeding specimens…
Withdrawal syndrome
Having raked in billions from the two-pot withdrawal frenzy, Treasury is now thinking of enabling people to access their once-untouchable retirement pot…
How Joburg set fire to your money
Given the City of Joburg’s cavalier attitude to other people’s money, it’s no wonder it keeps pushing through crippling increases…
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