Gordhan answers questions from the Hawks

“I believe it is in the public interest that I provide them with information I have at hand,” Pravin Gordhan said of his reply to the Hawks.

• Buy local, urges Ramaphosa
• Zim’s tobacco production slumps
• African debt raises its ugly head
• What are people earning?

Gordhan answers questions from the Hawks

“I believe it is in the public interest that I provide them with information I have at hand,” Pravin Gordhan said of his reply to the Hawks.

• Buy local, urges Ramaphosa
• Zim’s tobacco production slumps
• African debt raises its ugly head
• What are people earning?

Pikitup won’t pay you back

Pikitup on Wednesday said it would not be reimbursing residents the monthly service fee for refuse collection.

• Hawks to probe Guptas
• World Bank gives Eskom R12bn guarantee
• Customers flock to Capitec
• Glencore invests in three new shafts

Windows 10 used in 270 million devices

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella hails the “amazing” start of the company’s multi-platform operating system.

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• How Virgin America almost started as JetBlue
• Nigeria asks oil majors for help with refineries

SA’s rand extends rally

South Africa’s rand stretched its rally to a three-and-a-half-month high late on Wednesday evening.

• Oil slips in Asian trade
• Wall Street higher as anxiety falls
• Asian shares edge up
• Investors tip-toe back into emerging markets

US-Cuba detente shows trade is blind

A free market economic system does not care about politics. It cares less about skin colour.

• Proposed sugar tax outweighs hit to our pockets
• A different view of the US economy
• Gender inequality drags women down
• Invest in energy to power Africa