Mark Barnes

Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest

Beset by political instability, the region is also the canary in the climate change coal mine

Corporate South Africa is rolling out the big guns to spike momentum towards a universal basic income grant that threatens to expose their sick graveyard economy

The private sector, labour and government have been thrashing out ways to increase vaccinations and to restart the economy

GDP growth may be encouraging but it doesn’t mean much for SA’s millions of unemployed

Mark Barnes, the former South African Post Office chief executive, talks to Nicolene de Wee about the highlights of his 30-year career in finance and markets. The 64-year-old…

The equities rally has come crashing down, along with fears of contagion on the JSE after large-scale sell-offs by investors

The state-owned institution’s financial woes have led farmers and agribusiness to consider making an offer on the bank, starting a cooperative bank or partner with global…

The contract, to upgrade Sapo network facilities, was initially advertised in 2016 with both Telkom and MTN contesting

The tender deadline was originally postponed from February 28, and risks being postponed again.

Sapo and Sassa have been in a months-long deadlock over the details of a proposal to assist with the new grant scheme but a deal has now been reached

Sassa and Sapo are yet to reach a deal for the payment of social grants and their negotiations have been pushed back to November 17

​The Sassa and Sapo have been entangled in a lengthy negotiation battle to try work out a deal for the payment and management of social grants.

Sassa and Sapo appeared before a joint parliamentary meeting on Tuesday and are attempting to work out a deal for the payment of social grants

What Sassa is now proposing is that the bidding process be reopened on November 3 2017.