The shimmering profits of gold-mining companies raise an interesting question: how much will our society benefit from this?

South Africa’s industrial strategy has failed, leading to a significant decline in manufacturing’s GDP contribution. It ...

Afrocentric subsidiary Medscheme has filed its answering affidavit in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg, seeking to halt Bonitas Medical Scheme’s multibillion-rand administration ...

Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina has approved emergency measures to curb Gauteng’s water crisis, including increasing water allocations to Rand Water. But nearly half of Gauteng’s ...

Mass killings of non‑Arab communities when the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group captured the Sudanese city of ...

In South Africa, as in many places, pharmaceutical companies are not free to change medicine prices as they wish. Dr Andy Gray unpacks how medicines prices are regulated in the country and considers ...

The World Health Organization is urging governments around the world to strengthen health taxes on sugar and alcohol, to save lives and raise money. It says improving policy design and increasing ...

When Cyril Ramaphosa became President many people expected him to implement reforms immediately. During the long period of ...

The top commander overseeing US forces in Latin America, General Francis Donovan, and senior Pentagon official Joseph Humire ...

The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We ...

There can be little doubt that organised crime and corruption are much more than a mere “social ill” given the dimensions ...

The 2026 local elections will be more than a political contest – they will determine whether municipalities begin a credible ...