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Big spenders: Vodacom says it will invest R800 million in its network in KwaZulu-Natal, including rolling out full fibre broadband, expanding its coverage in deep rural areas. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ACQUISITIONS

‘Two-player fibre industry is not good for competition’

Experts say a Vodacom-Maziv marriage would make the entity dominant in the market

  • Anathi Madubela
5 min read
South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook
BRIGHTROCK

Clients affected by insurance collusion can claim civil damages

Eight insurance firms are being probed over price-fixing allegations. Legally, clients can claim for damages but experts say they should not hold their breath

  • Anathi Madubela
8 min read
Numsa’s legal counsel Advocate Nazeer Cassim argued that the signing of the IPPs could be viewed as a form of economic looting.
DRUNKEN DRIVING

Motata misconduct tribunal to get under way at last

Motata is one of seven judges who face impeachment inquiries but whose cases have languished unresolved for years

  • Franny Rabkin
6 min read
The president’s decision comes five months after the Judicial Service Commission recommended the step
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Justices fight tribunal ruling

They say they are not ‘complainant judges’ and are likely to take the matter to the high court.

  • Niren Tolsi
3 min read