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CAPE TOWN

Cape winter storm causes two deaths, 57 families evacuated

The winter storm that made landfall on Wednesday morning and caused widespread damage is not yet over

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Kgosi Mampuru sources claimed that negligence was rife at the facility, resulting in the suspicious deaths of inmates, as well as the brazen escape of 9 December 2020. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)
ADRIAAN BASSON

Merchants of despair

When imprisonment becomes a business, the profit motive rears its head at the expense of the good of the prisoners. Three recent books deal with the murky workings of the…

  • Casper Lӧtter
7 min read
Steinhoff purchased Mattress Firm at $64 a share in 2016, when it had been trading at $29 a share. (Getty Images)
JAMES BRENT STYAN

Steinhoff may be ‘the tip of the iceberg’

Steinhoff en die Stellenbosse Boys, launched earlier in July, traces the history of retailer Steinhoff

  • Marelise Van Der Merwe
5 min read
SA’s GDP is at 2.2% compared with the 5% in the NDP
ESKOM

Ditch outdated SA growth plans, says Eskom book author

Blackout author James-Brent Styan says government’s predictions for future electricity demand and economic growth have become horribly unrealistic.

  • Genevieve Quintal
3 min read