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Spy trial secrecy challenged in urgent court bid. Why health advocates want a minimum alcohol price. And a new survey finds that 65% of South Africans are struggling to make ends meet.

20 Oct 6AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Local bus manufacturing could add billions to SA's economy

‘There's a massive opportunity on the table. South Africa does already build world-class bus bodies,’ says Irshaad Kathrada, chief executive of the Localisation Support Fund.

22 Oct 8AM 7 min

Four months in: Is SA’s new lottery operator delivering?

Building buses at home could add R1bn to GDP. The economic stakes of South Africa’s local government elections. And can SA turn its biotech talent into global treatments?

22 Oct 6AM 36 min

[TOP STORY] Medicine price hike imposed without proper consultation, industry warns

‘We weren't consulted. We don't understand the exact formula. How was this calculated? Because 2.88% is not an arbitrary number,’ says Thoneshan Naidoo, chief executive of the Health Funders Association.

21 Oct 8AM 7 min

Who’s delivering water and who isn’t? SA’s 144 authorities mapped

Medicine prices rise again with a R1.4bn sting for schemes and households. SA isn’t building homes fast enough, and it's putting first-time buyers under pressure. And the growing pressure on school athletes.

21 Oct 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Secrecy surrounding state capture trial is ‘dangerous’ for democracy

‘We are challenging the order that was made on 15 October, which imposes very broad restrictions on the public and the media's access to these proceedings,’ says Nicole Fritz, executive director of the Campaign for Free Expression.

20 Oct 8AM 8 min