PODCAST: ‘ListenUP!’ – the meaning of sport

Mark Barnes and Tim Cohen gallop through the week’s events, offering thoughts, opinions, and perspectives on local and international affairs. Here, they unpack a bumper sporting week … and the perennially problematic PIC.
July 21, 2026
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This weekend has seen a feast of sporting events, and your hosts, merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen, dissect the soccer, the tennis and the rugby … deciding who should have won and who should not. Juuuuust kidding. We talk about how decision-making at the peak of sporting events can be hobbled by too much mind. And there is that other sport, the Public Investment Corporation, and its seeming inability to function properly. Also, Joburg …

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Tim Cohen

Tim Cohen is a long-time business journalist, commentator and columnist. He is currently senior editor for Currency. He was previously the editor of Business Day and the Financial Mail, and editor at large for the Daily Maverick.

Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes is a South African businessman, investment banker and entrepreneur. He held senior roles at various institutions including Standard Bank, Capital Alliance and Brait. He is also known as the cofounder of the Purple Group, owner of EasyEquities.

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