Ash Müller
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Billion-rand dirt beneath SA's schools (opens the original)
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I am always reading insightful articles about South Africa's most expensive schools and what they cost to attend each year. Hilton College in KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is the most expensive school in South Africa. It will cost you R451 557 to send your son to this school this year. Other schools topping the R400k mark for annual school fees include: Michaelhouse, Roedean School for Girls and St Andrew's College. Fees are the easiest number to brag about over a braai but we never really review who o
Vehicle industry fights back (opens the original)
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Goodyear shut its 78-year-old tyre plant in the Eastern Cape in 2025, costing more than 900 jobs. Nissan sold its Rosslyn plant to Chinese automaker Chery and stopped building cars there after 60 years of manufacturing in South Africa. And last year, Ford announced it would cut close to 500 jobs. The National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam) says South Africa's auto component sector has lost about 7 500 jobs and seen at least 15 businesses close over three ye
Grace was built the hard way (opens the original)
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The word "Grace", in Cape Grace (as in the hotel in the V&A Waterfront), did not start life as a luxury label. It started as the name of a children's campsite outside Magaliesburg, one with faulty wiring, dead sewerage and a borehole that had run dry. Mount Grace and the Cape Grace hotels trace back to a man named Chippy Brand. I came across his life story recently when I read his memoir, Branded By Grace, which is mostly an account of the unglamorous work behind a small, family-run hotel group.
A mansion, a markup and a warning (opens the original)
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A British podcaster visits Cape Town once, falls in love with the place and spontaneously buys a mansion. He then doubles the price and puts it back on the market. Some people might call it the classic capital growth that Cape Town property offers. To me, it looks like the looting of one of Cape Town's wealthiest suburbs. The house in question is on the slopes of Table Mountain. It exposes everything we have not sorted out about how foreign money moves through South African property. According t
Forget countries; follow the corridors (opens the original)
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African real estate trends have long been centred on the continent's geography. Which country is hot, which city is next. Nigeria is cited for its large and rapidly growing population, Kenya gets the spotlight for its tech scene, while South Africa is treated as the mature, "safe" bet. It's a neat way to talk about a versatile continent. According to a new piece of research, we should be looking at something different, though. The Broll Africa Real Estate Intelligence Report 2026, compiled by pa
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