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Bruce's List: How the Guptas tried to set up Stephen Grootes

However, the interview has now backfired terribly and exposes their dishonesty, writes Peter Bruce

Top stories

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Sovereign Foods: No end in sight in bid battle

Prudential Investment Managers enters the fray in the ongoing Sovereign Foods versus Country Bird Holdings saga

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Entrepreneur: Arianna Huffington

View from the top: Arianna Huffington addressed the Discovery Leadership Summit in SA, explaining why she left the news aggregator to form wellbeing platform Thrive Global

Hot Property: Uninterrupted views in Hout Bay for R12.995m

Careful thought and planning went into this house, situated at the top of Baviaanskloof Private Estate and a French farmhouse bordering on the Irene dairy farm and the Irene Country Club for R9m

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Gimme: DokiWatch

DokiWatch is a smartwatch for kids — designed to allow parents to locate and communicate with children aged six and up

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Ad spend: Higher, then slower

Figures from marketing intelligence service Warc indicate that global advertising spend will end 2016 on a positive note before slowing in 2017

Chef Neill Anthony handles the heat

Many people who have worked for the notoriously bad-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay found the heat in the kitchen a bit too hot to handle. But not so for Private Chef star Neill Anthony

Features

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Acsa: It's about time

The introduction of new scanning technology at OR Tambo International Airport could cut airport queuing times. But the system’s effectiveness will also depend on increased human resource capacity

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Egypt: Free float relief

Egyptians are forced to confront the harsh reality of a free-floating currency, which will hike the cost of basic goods

FM Fox

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A Trump-proof investment strategy

Parts of the developed world appear to be lurching towards protectionism. Can investors plan for a world gone mad?

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Coronation: Profits despite the problems

More money leaves pension funds from resignations and retirements than comes in. Gross outflows are up to 8% in 2016

Opinion

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Editorial: Descending into disingenuity

What’s most alarming is that Zuma’s backers in cabinet can’t grasp the difference between a patronage-driven, probably illegal form of crony capitalism, and a valid process designed to redress the glaring economic inequalities bequeathed by three centuries of oppression

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Bruce's List: Is Malema’s exhaustion showing?

Julius Malema’s narrative that whites landed in SA and slaughtered a peaceful indigenous population is too simplistic, writes Peter Bruce

Money & Investing

Pioneer Foods: Still plenty left to chew on

There is lots more to do at the food player as it sets its sights on its R20bn annual revenue goal

Backstory: Spur Corp CEO Pierre van Tonder

We question Spur Corp CEO Pierre van Tonder

Media & Advertising

Trump’s win proof of how powerful consumers are

Donald Trump’s surprising win in the US presidential elections has implications for marketers, according to a recent study by research company Forrester

Shaun Strydom- how the brand BOUNCE has developed in SA

Bus shelters – a canvas for advertising genius

Despite street furniture being a sought-after form of media in many parts of the world, bus shelter advertising has historically been underutilised and undervalued in SA.

Africa & International

Egyptians buy sugar in the streets of Faiyum. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/AFP

Egypt: Free float relief

Egyptians are forced to confront the harsh reality of a free-floating currency, which will hike the cost of basic goods

Digital

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Video on demand: Smaller and smarter

Vidi and Altech Node may have bombed, but Discover Digital has made a success of video on demand in SA

Trump presidency could spell hard times for SA

Trump’s victory reflects a rising tide of global discontent and could spell hard times for the SA economy

Between the Chains: Molefe's electrocuted career

Many a poor, black child saw in Brian Molefe what is possible through hard work. May he now reflect honestly, writes Sikonathi Mantshantsha

Editorial: Retailers reflect our pain

Further evidence that outside the blue light cavalcades and swish boardrooms, real South Africans are struggling in a way they haven’t for years

Pattern Recognition: Green ray of hope shining brightly

Elon Musk’s plans to merge Tesla and SolarCity make sense, not only economically, but for a greener future, writes Toby Shapshak

Market Watch: PLG making the grade

I am always a tad suspicious of listings that appear to be cashing in on an investment trend. I’m sure excitable retail investors will pay attention but I’ll reserve judgment until I see the full prospectus for PLG, writes Marc Hasenfuss

Editor's Note: America gets its own Zuma

Let’s hope that Donald Trump, like Jacob Zuma, is an ineffectual leader. Because if he takes his job seriously, the world should be very afraid, writes Rob Rose

Shop Talk: Triangular ‘treachery’

With Brexit, the Marmite shortage and then Trump, Toblerone tinkering was an incursion too far, writes Zeenat Moorad

Food for Thought: Positive ambition writ large

At the heart of a new restaurant in Rosebank is the same sort of energy and commitment that we have seen from mining moguls down the years, writes Justice Malala

Boardroom Tails: History has not ended after all

Western liberal democracy tells us that we’re all equal, writes Ann Crotty

Redzone

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