[TOP STORY] Can South Africa still afford its defence force?

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‘The defence budget should be very close to 1.5% of GDP, or the international global benchmark of 2% of GDP. Currently, we are at less than 0.7%,’ says independent defence analyst, Kobus Marais.

19 Jun 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] City of Joburg defends recovery amid cash flow concerns

‘I would say in the short term, in the next month or two months, there will be improvements, even in the next weeks because we already have a service delivery war room,’ says City of Johannesburg CFO, Tebogo Moraka.

6 Jul 8AM 9 min

SA's digital ID: Progress or privacy nightmare?

Joburg pushes back against 'city in crisis' narrative. Six in ten school principals are ready to quit. And how fuel costs are reshaping SMEs and SA’s taxi economy.

6 Jul 6AM 35 min

[TOP STORY] South Africa's political landscape has changed for good

‘Coalitions are here to stay. It is unlikely for the foreseeable future that any party will get 50 plus one and I think that is a reality that political parties need to accept,’ says political writer, Tara Roos.

3 Jul 8AM 8 min

Can Jack Bloom help fix SA's water crisis?

Winners, losers and survivors: Inside SA's new political era. Building cars in an age of global trade turbulence. And the AI talent war is here, and it's getting expensive.

3 Jul 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] ActionSA slams Dina Pule appointment as accountability failure

‘If the department that is there to service the most needy in our country is being used as a trough, either for personal gain or party-political gain, then there's a big problem in this country,’ says ActionSA’s parliamentary leader, Athol Trollip.

2 Jul 8AM 7 min