Khulekani Magubane Financial reporter

Khulekani Magubane is a financial reporter for Business Times, covering Parliament and the political economy. He is also an author of several fiction books.

Scopa chair declares contentious budgets 'the new normal'

Politics

Chair of parliament's standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), RISE Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi, advised South ...

Global north has left us on our own in energy technology debate — Ramokgopa

News

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says as developed nations return to fossil fuels to power their economies, ...

G20 meeting of finance ministers ends with no communique, absent delegates

News

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana and Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said they were not deterred by hiccups and ...

Africa must repeat its Covid-19 success to achieve more growth: Masiyiwa

News

The African continent has a responsibility to collaborate to find solutions to achieve higher levels of economic growth ...

‘I don’t want to lose a single farmer’: Steenhuisen amid agriculture storm

Politics

Fixing ports and rail could quadruple the agriculture sector’s production in five years.

Editors Choice

Nothing humanitarian about crime, says Mantashe on Stilfontein crisis

News

Mineral and petroleum resources minister Gwede Mantashe has slammed suggestions that people trapped in the Stilfontein ...

LISTEN | ‘If Trump withdraws aid, we can withdraw minerals’: Mantashe

Politics

Mineral and petroleum resources minister Gwede Mantashe has scoffed at US President Donald Trump's threat that the ...

Editors Choice

Defence committee postponement angers EFF as DRC conflict rages

Politics

MPs were expecting to hold institutions close to the SA National Defence Force to account over the country’s military ...

Second-quarter GDP progress was reversed in Q3, says Stats SA

News

South Africa’s quarterly GDP suffered a reversal of the gains made in the second quarter of the year, slipping by 0.3% ...

Editors Choice

Ramaphosa ‘looking forward’ to hosting Trump at critical G20 meeting

Politics

President Cyril Ramaphosa said he expected US president-elect Donald Trump to attend the G20 Summit in South Africa ...