Business Day - August 14, 2026

Standard Bank eyes R50bn record annual profit

Ramokgopa: we won’t give up coal for foreign agendas

Sadc region ‘falling short on jobs, growth’

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Sadc report: region falling short on jobs and growth

Ramokgopa: coal is here to stay

Standard Bank’s record profit

Mining slump deepens as key commodities drag on sector

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DA targets ‘terrible 10’ municipal managers

Manamela names assessor to scrutinise problems at the University of Venda

Pikitup faces crunch jobs talks with casual workers

Police task team’s account of Loftus killing questioned

MPs split over extent of findings in police graft probe

Cape Town port performance improves before fruit season

Venezuelans face more power, water cuts

Zambia puts Hichilema record to the test

Etna still disrupting Catania flights

Uganda keeps lending rate at 9.75%

Iran says it will join Brics bank soon

Lebanon denies report on observers

Highs and lows of the Cape Town-Joburg flight

ANC shifts to ground game for local elections

Reform delays and regulatory hurdles hinder job creation

Ballot box is the place to start changing SA

It is shallow to blame GNU for employment crisis

Parliamentarians cannot oversee what they do not see

Political discourse suffers as echo chambers grow

Residents and artists lead the fight for renewal

Big Tech’s Waterloo has been a long time coming

Retirement is more than financial freedom

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