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SA’s missing doctors
SA has a severe shortage of doctors and specialists for its growing population. While emigration plays a role, the bigger issue is that the country is not training sufficient numbers of new doctors. It makes admission to medical school a hugely competitive — and deeply fraught — process
Comair: Not yet cleared for take-off
Comair is working to strike deals and to regain customers’ confidence
WeBuyCars changes the face of the used-car market
One of SA’s biggest used-car dealers has changed the face of the business through digital information about what the country drives. But it would like more information
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the curtain at Charlotte Maxeke hospital
Nearly a year after a devastating fire ripped through Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Joburg, the pace of repair is still painfully slow
Ports: The Cape of congestion
Cape Town’s container terminal, which handles much of SA’s trade, has been bedevilled by delays and ageing infrastructure
SA’s dysfunctional road traffic system
Holiday road carnage is a symptom of a highly dysfunctional SA road traffic management system
SA’s illegal firearm problem
SA is awash with guns, many of them unlicensed and illegal, but the country is divided on how to deal with the problem
Who is living in the Saxonwold Shebeen?
It’s unclear who has been living in the Saxonwold ‘shebeen’ since the Guptas left — and what about the bond on Nkandla?
Alarm bells over poor security at OR Tambo airport
OR Tambo airport’s cargo terminal is the hub of SA’s economy, but stakeholders say poor security makes it vulnerable to heists
Deadline nears for Eskom’s legal separation
The utility’s annual report raises the possibility that it will miss the December deadline to separate its transmission unit





















