Business Day - December 09, 2025

Eskom’s lifeline to ferrochrome sector

Energy minister plugs into ANC leadership race

Emerging market project returns ‘beat S&P 500’

Multitudes still missing a year after Assad’s fall

Fintech buying spree by banks reaches R7bn

Military regime: careful what you wish for

Market Highlight

Stock Highlight

Three linked to witness killing, says police chief

EThekwini is a ‘sitting duck’ for next disaster

Emerging market project returns

Minister tests water

QUOTE of the DAY

CYBERSECURITY

Number R100bn

Court dismisses bid to ring-fence payout

Motsepe backs ARC to be clear of liability in R3.4bn lawsuit

Luthuli House staff picket at NGC over salaries

Thailand hits Cambodian sites, citing fears for civilian safety

Quarter of a million missing year after fall of Syria’s Assad

Indonesia needs $3bn to recover after floods

Benin thwarts short-lived putsch

Tanzania deploys police, army ahead of planned protests

DRC miners seek urgent talks to clear cobalt backlog

RW Johnson broadside probably means Steenhuisen is safe

No doubt Witness D’s murder will deter other whistle-blowers

Population undercount raises growth concerns

Pandor uses dishonest tricks of rhetoric

THIRD UMPIRE

Singapore’s meritocracy edges Malaysia’s empowerment

Anglo’s sellout to Canada must be stopped for SA to keep its mines

Activism’s missteps are fuel for Trump & Co

Trump tariffs — so much for the apocalypse

CHESS SOLUTION:

Overreach by watchdog strangles efforts to attract private investment

Look to China

TAKE A BREAK

BRIDGE

30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

10-MINUTE QUICK CROSSWORD

CHESS

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Tshabalala’s legacy: R1.6-trillion growth

‘Noncirculation of climate calls’ lands miner in court

Absa CEO Fihla reins in ‘outsourcing our thinking’ to consultants

Cautious Spar weighs share buybacks

What Netflix’s Warner buyout could mean for Showmax

Banks’ fintech spree tops R7bn as Capitec snaps up Walletdoc

Nampak bullish on Angola expansion

Reits record 46% year-to-date gain, leading developed markets

Beware: militarist ‘solutions’ to corruption end in death

Australia buoyant after perfect Ashes start

Warriors change focus to four-day format

Real coach feels heat ahead of Man City

Mofokeng can steer Bucs to title

Proteas women’s setup on even keel

Never driven better — Max

Gill and Pandya fit to play T20 against SA

Traore to play in Afcon for the sixth time

Salah wrecking his reputation, Rooney says