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Calls to boycott Dis-Chem are intensifying after major shareholder Mark Saltzman attacked journalist Redi Tlhabi over Gaza on social media.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Gaza, philanthropy and power: Dis-Chem drawn into online political storm

Calls to boycott Dis-Chem are intensifying after major shareholder Mark Saltzman attacked journalist Redi Tlhabi over Gaza on social media. The confrontation has sparked wider…

  • Hasina Kathrada
7 min read
After a lengthy process, Impala Platinum’s takeover of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) was finally completed in July. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
FIRSRAND

Corporate news that made headlines in 2023

The M&G takes a look back at the share price crashes, the historic leadership changes and the surprising appointments

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
The drama at Dis-Chem shows that many firms are declining to transform because they can. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BROAD BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Enforce employment equity quotas in big companies

The drama at Dis-Chem shows that many firms are declining to transform because they can

  • Duma Gqubule
5 min read
CONSTITUTION

Dis-Chem debacle: Is transformation in SA regressing?

The row over Dis-Chem’s letter placing a freeze on hiring white employees raises pertinent issues

  • Zama Ndlovu
7 min read
Underground mining operations are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of flooding and water ingress, which can result from heavy rains, groundwater inflow, or even burst dams. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ALBERTINAH KEKANA

Diversified Royal Bafokeng keeps its platinum roots

The investment company has insulated its shareholders against the resource’s price swings while looking towards a more sustainable future

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
‘It all depends’: Reviv CEO Sayed Mia says some doctors call IV drip treatments “expensive pee”, but he argues it’s a great source of vitamins if your diet is poor. Photo: James Puttick
ASSOCIATION FOR DIETETICS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Vitamin therapy is for drips

It may be marketed by influencers, but intravenous vitamin therapy is not necessary and probably not worth the hype, experts say

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
The retailer reached an agreement with the commission last week, in terms of which it agreed to limit the gross profit on its 25kg maize meal for the duration of the state of national disaster. (Image: Cambridge Food)
CAMBRIDGE FOOD

Cambridge Food Jozini: Pandemic or not, the price-gouging continues

The Competition Commission has fined Cambridge Food Jozini for hiking the price of its maize meal during April

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
(Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
CLICKS

Slice of life: Of durags and a rapping boost

Durags were so rare to find that most people imported them. Those that did sell them had very limited variety and very questionable quality

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
DIS CHEM

The pink tax is a grey area

Women aren’t necessarily being unfairly targeted, but they are being short-changed in other ways

  • Lynley Donnelly
9 min read