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G7’s commitment to enforcing sanctions puts SA behemoth between a rock and a hard place

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LUNGILE MASHELE: What delays the use of land for infrastructure projects

Land is required for distribution and transmission purposes

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MTN finds a way to join PayShap

Digital payment service is open only to banks, so mobile operator joins forces with Investec and Electrum

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Cape Town security guards shot dead during pipe repair

Tactical response and security escort services are being provided to contractors in the Philippi area because of ongoing safety threats

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Anglo American receives BHP buyout proposal, could reshape copper market

The deal, if agreed, would also trigger further transactions in the global mining industry

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EDITORIAL: A first step in the right direction

Climbdown over the chairmanship is welcome, but MultiChoice needs to be scrupulous about governance

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Cape Town’s ‘extortion economy’ spreading countrywide, NGO finds

Shadow economy is becoming entrenched and methods are spreading, says Global Initiative

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NPA hears the calls, but getting justice is difficult, Batohi says

More than R6bn recovered and 700 government officials behind bars, though no big state capture case

Treasury must be more patient with municipalities, says Salga

Municipalities are at risk of dropping out of debt relief programme because it is ‘too restrictive’

Health department is not buying life-saving insulin pens for diabetics

Premixed insulin pens have been left out of the national department’s tender awards

MARKET WRAP: JSE pares gains as investors remain on edge

Tesla leaps on pledge to step up its range of cheaper EVs, but investors are focused on US GDP numbers and underlying inflation data

Multiparty charter promises to raise child grant to the food poverty line

Affordable housing, higher old age grants and crackdown on gangsterism among MPC’s pledges

Build One SA draws community groups under its banner

Bosa leader says organisations will get his party’s support and resources for the 2026 municipal elections in return

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Mercedes-Benz unveils potent electric G-Class

The SUV combines formidable off-road credentials with zero tailpipe emissions

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Reserve Bank seizes assets of Jooste’s ‘lover’

Bank accounts with R42m and R18m exclusive Paarl estate property confiscated

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