Business Maverick

Loaded For Bear: Cannabis prohibition was Calvinistic, classist and racist, so good riddance

By Ed Stoddard

Business Maverick

After the Bell: Sasfin and the law of Al Capone

By Tim Cohen

Business Maverick

Pick n Pay CEO and alcohol sector urge President Ramaphosa to end the booze ban

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

Booze ban: The abuse – not the use – of alcohol needs a more realistic and sober solution

By Ingrid Louw

Business Maverick

Lockdown smackdown: Economy to take a fresh battering as Level 4 bites

By Ed Stoddard and Mfuneko Toyana

Business Maverick

SA food and beverage sector is still staggering – but fast food is recovering

By Ed Stoddard

Business Maverick

Vaccine tax hike underscores Treasury’s limited options – sin taxes should be on the table

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

Poverty, hunger and opportunism in the epicentre of Joburg’s Covid-19 outbreak

By Shaun Smillie

South Africa

A hazy future for some farmers despite tobacco ban lift

By Lucas Ledwaba for Mukurukuru Media

TGIFood

Spirits low for craft distillers

By Leah van Deventer

Business Maverick

Prohibition: Social conservatism that’s shattering working-class lives

By Ed Stoddard

TGIFood

Sooner or later, we have to take back what is ours

By Bianca Coleman