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The industrial sector remains a difficult place to be in South Africa, despite improved market sentiment driven largely by sectors such as mining. By @FinanceGhost. Read more here: financialmail.businessday.co.za/investing/2026…

Since its founding 10 years ago, the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika has aimed to ground its approach in the continental context. Read more here: financialmail.businessday.co.za/life/2026-07-0…

No potholes. No litter. Water that never runs out. And, according to the numbers, the best-run municipality in the country. Mossel Bay has quietly become the town South Africans point to when they want to argue that small-town local government can work financialmail.businessday.co.za/life/2026-07-0…

A good week for Dina Pule Dina Pule, who was accused by former public protector Thuli Madonsela of “persistently lying and unethical conduct” and sacked as minister of communications, is back from a political dead end. financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

WBS Executive Education continues to strengthen its position as a leading provider of executive and management development programmes in Africa financialmail.businessday.co.za/features/2026-…

For much of the past century, organisations were built for stability. Structure, leadership and learning systems all evolved in an era defined by predictability, linear careers and hierarchical authority. financialmail.businessday.co.za/features/2026-…

With a No 1 global ranking for faculty diversity and a No 24 spot for teaching quality, Henley is delivering the right blend of diverse thought and academic rigour needed to build next-generation African leaders. Read more: financialmail.businessday.co.za/features/2026-…

What happens when the marches continue and all the migrants have left but there are still no pots of gold in the streets of the rainbow nation? financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

Cape Town’s top-end property market is running hot enough to set records — and industry figures say the strain is starting to show in supply, not just price. financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

Drone makes waves The rescue of two US soldiers by a drone boat near the Strait of Hormuz after their helicopter had been shot down is said to be a first at sea. Read more here: financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

Associated British Foods: Sweet goes sour The genesis of ABF, the Weston family’s food-to-frocks conglomerate, came when Garfield Weston started investing in regional bakeries in 1935. financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

Crooks Corner in Kruger National Park, as its name implies, has a long history of crime. The shocking murders there in late May of tourists Ernst and Dina Marais were the most recent evidence of this. financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

Local biotech start-up Biomine is putting a new spin on the old alchemist’s trick of turning lead into gold — it’s substituting faeces for lead. financialmail.businessday.co.za/news-and-fox/2…

As South Africa approaches the local government elections on November 4, public attention focuses on personalities, party rivalries and the perennial speculation about who will become mayor in Joburg, Cape Town and eThekwini. financialmail.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

When we discuss the independence of financial regulators, we usually worry about political interference. We ask whether politicians are exerting undue influence over institutions such as the Reserve Bank, the Prudential Authority and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority. financialmail.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

If you’re one of the 69% of South Africans who get their news from social media and video networks every week (significantly, if not scarily, above the global average of 54%), you would have been horrified to learn that President Cyril Ramaphosa has put the fate of our children into the hands of a Muslim terrorist. By @ChrisRoper: financialmail.businessday.co.za/features/2026-…

South Africa's version of beneficiation is a commercial outcome produced by competitive inputs. Cheap, reliable electricity. Efficient ports. Functional rail. Clear laws. Fast permits. Tax stability. Skills. Technology. Sensible incentives. financialmail.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

On Monday morning President Cyril Ramaphosa wrote to tell us that South Africa is building a “secure and inclusive digital future”. financialmail.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

@justicemalala: From leader to lobbyist, Tony Leon has a lot of explaining to do Leon had energetically led the DP (now the DA) in the first five years of democracy, giving it a powerful voice as it built itself up from an entity that had won just 1.7% of the votes in the 1994 election to something bigger and better. financialmail.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…

"I’m not really regretting some awful capital allocation at the weekend. I flipped a few rands at England beating the Springboks at Ellis Park. Not even the handicap bets — including +20.5 points to England — could compensate." financialmail.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026-0…