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With traditional advertising, we know where we stand.We know it’s a paid-for plug. The company is spending big bucks in the hope that we will feel inclined to buy what it is punting.

As usual, when GDP statistics were released this week, there were various analyses of what this means for South Africa.

Roseanne Harris, who is leading the Business for SA (B4SA) National Health Insurance project, says the rush to push the NHI Bill through without considering their input could delay the implementation of a workable universal healthcare system for "decades".

While business rescue practitioners for the Post Office have hailed the approval of its business rescue plan by creditors and the R3.8bn bailout that this will unlock, organised labour warned that the branch closures and job cuts will make the entity a shell of its former self.

The India division of fintech start-up PayU, and a delivery platform that can get food and grocery orders to customers in just seven minutes; those are some of the businesses that Naspers is betting on in the subcontinent, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

Impala Platinum says its Impala Rustenburg 11 shaft — which accounts for 15% of annual production, and where 13 employees lost their lives after a conveyance system failure a week ago — will be out of action for the foreseeable future.

Enter Roger Jardine. The respected man of business is about to trade his suit and tie for the political t-shirt. With plus minus eight months left – the election must be held between May and August – Jardine has a gigantic task ahead.

Skeena Bulkly Valley MP Taylor Bachrach is gearing up his Red Dress alert campaign to put pressure on the fede...

Development finance body joins action to allow key shareholders meeting to go ahead on Wednesday.

Enter Roger Jardine. The respected man of business is about to trade his suit and tie for the political t-shirt. With plus minus eight months left – the election must be held between May and August – Jardine has a gigantic task ahead.