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MAILBOX: Post Office today, DHL tomorrow? A reader's lost-wallet saga
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MAILBOX: Post Office today, DHL tomorrow? A reader's lost-wallet saga

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
DHL service failures fuel criticism of BEE and South Africa’s race-based policies.
BRASILIA, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 4: Presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro for the Partido Liberal speaks to the press after the votes are tallied during the general election day on October 4, 2026 in Brasilia, Brazil. According to official results, Bolsonaro has 47.06% of the votes, and incumbent president of Brazil and presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has 45.13% with 99% of the voting counted. Bolsonaro and Lula will face off in a runoff on October 25, 2026 after neither reached 50% of the votes to be elected president. In this general election, citizens will also vote for governors in 26 states, to renew the Chamber of Deputies and to elect a third of the Senate. (Photo by Ton Molina/Getty Images)
Worldview

Brazil’s Bolsonaro on brink of a comeback - why Pretoria should pay attention

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The Economist
6 min read
The Bolsonaro comeback in Brazil: voters are all but sure to make Flávio Bolsonaro the next president
DA weighs British help in getting answers on South Africa House | Ryan Smith
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DA weighs British help in getting answers on South Africa House | Ryan Smith

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Linda van Tilburg
9 min read
DA seeks UK political help over R170m South Africa House renovation
Cutting through the noise: Alec Hogg's five signals on South Africa
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Cutting through the noise: Alec Hogg's five signals on South Africa

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Alec Hogg
23 min read
Alec Hogg's five signals in South Africa: privatisation by stealth, institutions under stress, coalition politics, AI and a fragmenting world.
FILE PHOTO: "AI Artificial Intelligence" words, a keyboard and a robotics hand in this illustration taken, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Global Investing

AI's $30tn bet: the money may run out before the productivity arrives

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
Data centre spending could dwarf the railway and dotcom booms, but economists warn the productivity gains needed to repay it remain elusive.
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