James Brent Styan

Cape winter storm causes two deaths, 57 families evacuated

The winter storm that made landfall on Wednesday morning and caused widespread damage is not yet over

Eunice Masson

Kgosi Mampuru sources claimed that negligence was rife at the facility, resulting in the suspicious deaths of inmates, as well as the brazen escape of 9 December 2020. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

14 AUG 2020

Merchants of despair

When imprisonment becomes a business, the profit motive rears its head at the expense of the good of the prisoners. Three recent books deal with the murky workings of the…

Casper Lӧtter

7 min read

Steinhoff purchased Mattress Firm at $64 a share in 2016, when it had been trading at $29 a share. (Getty Images)

JAMES BRENT STYAN

24 JUL 2018

Steinhoff may be ‘the tip of the iceberg’

Steinhoff en die Stellenbosse Boys, launched earlier in July, traces the history of retailer Steinhoff

Marelise Van Der Merwe

5 min read

SA’s GDP is at 2.2% compared with the 5% in the NDP

ESKOM

28 OCT 2015

Ditch outdated SA growth plans, says Eskom book author

Blackout author James-Brent Styan says government’s predictions for future electricity demand and economic growth have become horribly unrealistic.

Genevieve Quintal

3 min read