1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (618+ words) The new vehicle market continues to exceed expectations. But for how much longer? Figures released this week by motor industry association Naamsa show that sales of cars and commercial vehicles totalled 47, 979 in April. That was 13% more than the 42, 467 of April…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (108+ words) Financial Mail A good week for Roelf Meyer Mr Meyer goes to Washington Roelf Meyer's appointment as South Africa's ambassador to the US has received widespread approval at home. Only a few of the usual political suspects criticised President Cyril…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (247+ words) Financial Mail Cape Town cadets were put through intensive exercises by US marines on the city's Muizenberg Beach Marines hit the beach It might not have been Parris Island, but on Muizenberg Beach cadets of the Cape Town metro police…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (461+ words) In the 1990s and early 2000s, South Africans delighted in going on international stages and bragging about our country's commitment to universal human rights. Then Zimbabwe happened. Zimbabwe's leader, Robert Mugabe, shut down independent newspapers and magazines in the early 2000s. He harassed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1104+ words) The euphoria around Helen Zille's campaign to be Joburg mayor could "very, very easily" become a nightmare for the city if the DA doesn't get an overall majority, she says. The latest polls give the DA 39%, which is up from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (807+ words) The Moravian mission hamlet of Elim in the Overberg is an open-air museum of tiny, thatched cottages built two centuries ago " and the epicentre of Southern Africa's thatching skills. Now the village is sending its sons to ply their ancient…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (276+ words) Given Ramaphosa's usual approach in dealing with such issues, he moved with remarkable speed to sort out Sars. He had suspended Moyane only a month after he was appointed president in place of Zuma. Based on Nugent's interim findings, Ramaphosa…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1784+ words) Yet Natie Kirsh's sale of his US company, Jetro Restaurant Depot, for $29. 1bn (about R500bn) does more than simply leapfrog him to the top of the list of South Africa's billionaires. It bears remarkable testimony to the skills of local entrepreneurs on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (705+ words) Property writer & columnist The department of tourism's new draft code of good practice for short-term rentals (STRs) has put the prospect of regulation for Airbnb-type properties under scrutiny as Cape Town's shortage of affordable housing escalates. France, Spain, the Netherlands,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (375+ words) Now, was the making of Natie Kirsh, even if South Africa was almost the unmaking of him. Kirsh cobbled together a consortium, intending to build a brewery in Swaziland. The Swazi government, however, persuaded him to buy a maize milling…...