What an effective budget process would look like
Spending on infrastructure expands economic capacity, making it possible to grow employment and production.
Treasury has allocated 30% more to build infrastructure
National Treasury is increasing its spending on infrastructure by 30%, boosting the budget to R812bn over the next 3 years.
Farmers meet to strategise against Land Bank liquidations
A court application has been launched to amend the Insolvency Act to extend business rescue to include trusts and natural persons.
Kicking for touch
Kicking for touch has become a misnomer used to describe a litigant seeking to use every trick in the book to delay the finalisation of court proceedings.
Deutsche Bank to boost team in Africa
Deutsche Bank has hired a senior corporate originator in SA – someone who sources clients and deal opportunities…
Denel announces turnaround strategy
Denel announces turnaround strategy After a really long, hard struggle workers of Denel have now received their salaries – dating back to 2018. There is a total of around R318 million in salaries that were paid to workers from extra money from the [Denel]...
EU to release some SA citrus
EU to release some SA citrus, but worried growers say new rules are still a lemon. Good news for SA citrus farmers as the EU arranged to release at least some of the tons of fruit currently stuck at ports. But local producers say the deal doesn’t solve...
Transnet far from being financially and operationally sustainable
Transnet is far from being financially and operationally sustainable despite ‘accounting profit’ While Transnet’s ports and pipelines are improving, the big problem remains in Transnet Freight Rail, its largest division, which accounts for 47% of its total...