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Maponya’s African dream

Article Thando Maeko - 10 Jan 2020

By working with neighbours, business tycoon Richard Maponya managed to get around oppressive laws and create an empire

Ndlozi: ‘We treat the media with the utmost respect’

Article Sarah Smit & Thando Maeko - 16 Dec 2019

The EFF’s spin doctor reflected on the party’s plans to take on media owners

Malema: Collect 10 million votes, Cheers!

Article Thando Maeko - 14 Dec 2019

The party by to increase its voters five times by 2023

Malema welcomes eNCA withdrawal from its conference

Article Thando Maeko - 14 Dec 2019

The EFF leader however says that the 24-hour news channel is unwelcome to cover any of the party’s events further

Student command backs a shake up of EFF top six

Article Sarah Smit & Thando Maeko - 13 Dec 2019

Sources say the student command will be backing the “contestation” slate, which seeks to disrupt the centralised power of the leadership.

New rules for crypto-trading

Article Thando Maeko - 13 Dec 2019

Local regulation of cryptocurrencies could be implemented as soon as next year

SAA cut off to protect other SOEs

Article Sabelo Skiti & Thando Maeko - 6 Dec 2019

After years of pumping billions into the airline, government picked business rescue to prevent a wider fallout at Eskom and other state entities

Hawks bust another ‘horror’ factory

Article Thando Maeko - 29 Nov 2019

Authorities found that Jiebo Home Trading was not meeting safety standards or paying the minimum wage

More than a third of South Africans without water – R90bn needed to fix this

Article Thando Maeko - 28 Nov 2019

The new national water strategy calls for R90-billion in spending by the bankrupt water department, and a big change in how water is managed

Something out of the blue

Article Thando Maeko - 28 Nov 2019

With a bit of fine-tuning, this will be an excellent car

The ugly face of Beautiful City

Article Thando Maeko - 22 Nov 2019

The factory owners took advantage of their foreign workers’ precarious status

Giant new refinery: curse or boon?

Article Thando Maeko - 15 Nov 2019

Saudi’s Aramco is planning an oil refinery in South Africa, but experts say the magaproject is risky

Sekunjalo: The PIC is on a drive to embarrass Dr Survé

Article Thando Maeko - 12 Nov 2019

Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Investment Holdings denies it owes the PIC more than R1-billion it used to acquire the media group

Aramco, the world’s biggest polluter, goes to market

Article Thando Maeko - 8 Nov 2019

The Saudi-owned company aims to list 5% of its shares on the Riyadh-based bourse in December

Jo’burgers fail to manage waste

Article Thando Maeko - 8 Nov 2019

New laws came into effect in August, but neither households nor Pikitup are compliant

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Q&A Sessions: ‘I think I was born way before my time’ — Mamodupi Mohlala

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Public protector’s ‘mistakes’ were made to nail the president, court hears

Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued

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CR17 report is not perfect, but the investigation was rational, court hears

Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

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special reports - 24 Nov 2020

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Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

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Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

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