Truth is not critical to persuasion but any story has to at least be believable, writes Itumeleng Mahabane
General secretary Frans Baleni says union has lost about 44,000 members since last year
The ‘isolated and mercurial dictator’ has become increasingly paranoid, fearing assassination attempts he said were backed by the CIA
US President Barack Obama delivers major policy speech, saying the country must move on from counterterrorism policies deployed after 9/11
The powers that be realise their default option of secrecy is incompatible with the constitution, yet they still seek to manipulate the process to their political advantage
Rand strengthens in afternoon trade following the Bank’s monetary policy committee’s decision, but remains within reach of weakest level in four years
| All Share | 40855.89 | 0.00% | same |
| Top 40 | 36312.44 | 0.00% | same |
| Financial 15 | 11688.69 | 0.00% | same |
| Industrial 25 | 46366.22 | 0.00% | same |
| Resource 10 | 46042.72 | 0.00% | same |
| Gold | 1389.1650 | -0.17% | down |
| Platinum | 1455.5000 | -0.03% | down |
| Silver | 22.5050 | -0.30% | down |
| Palladium | 739.5000 | 0.89% | up |
| Brent Crude Oil | 102.340 | -0.10% | down |
Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus gives surprisingly frank insight into thinking of the Bank’s monetary policy committee
| Petrol price (95) | R12.47 | -73c/l | same |
| Repo rate | 5% | 0.0pp | same |
| Prime rate | 8.5% | 0.0pp | same |
| GDP (Q4 12) | 2.1% | 0.9pp | same |
| CPI (April) | 5.9% | 0pp | same |
| PPI (Mar) | 5.7% | 0.3pp | same |
Motorists have been paying the R2.30/kg levy on new tyres since February
Brewer SABMiller, increasingly reliant on developing markets, reports 10% increase in group revenue to $34.5bn for year to March,
South Africa’s largest retail bank overcharges customer for almost two years, by mistake
The ocean at Koh Rong is so pristine that even hardened seaman Jack Sparrow would gasp in delight, writes Sebastiaan de Vos
The balance of power in Soweto has shifted in Kaizer Chiefs’ direction as the Amakhosi eye adding the Nedbank Cup to the PSL title in their pursuit of glory
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