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.

Currency stock picks

Show ponies, thoroughbreds and bucking broncos: Our 2026 stock picks

This is the Year of the Horse. Team Currency has brushed down the stable door and picked what we hope will be a portfolio…

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January 12, 2026

Investing & Finance·Opinion

Brian Gilbertson

Brian Gilbertson: The outsider who built a global mining champion

The mining entrepreneur was one of few South African executives who not only operated successfully on the global stage, but reshaped it…

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January 9, 2026

Opinion

Has Trump de-fenestrated international law in Venezuela?

What does it mean that US President Donald Trump ordered an operation that toppled the Venezuelan government and abducted its president, Nicolás Maduro –…

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January 5, 2026

Opinion·Politics

BEST OF 2025: From Bordeaux to Bottelary: why French wine capital loves the Cape

Tim Cohen looks at the French wine producers flourishing in the Cape wine industry, in spite of challenges such as low general profitability in…

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December 28, 2025

Food & Drinks·Pleasure

Fifa, Sony, and the mystery of Waka Waka’s missing millions

Fifa and Sony still refuse to detail the distribution of the hit song’s royalties, nor to whom the money is going…

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December 23, 2025

News

Crocodiles to CrowdStrike: how Currency’s 2025 picks played out

Currency’s staff equity stock-picks returned a thumping 37% this year, with some spectacular hits, and quite a few misses…

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December 19, 2025

Investing & Finance

2

Mozal faces shutdown

Mozal goes dark as power prices crush beneficiation ambitions

High power prices have forced South32 to shut Mozal, dealing a blow to Mozambique’s economy and raising hard questions about beneficiation in Southern Africa.…

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December 16, 2025

Business·Economy & Markets

Africa storm

Africa in 2026: Harsh trade realities, yet big growth still possible

US tariffs will add an extra $5bn to African export costs, while China and the Middle East become much bigger players in African FDI…

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December 12, 2025

Economy & Markets·Pan-African

Investing crystal ball

Confessions of an election oracle

The 2024 US election proved prediction markets can outperform polls. As crypto-based platforms expand, event-driven finance is on the rise…

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December 11, 2025

Investing & Finance·Opinion

3

Treasury’s tender dashboard: Billions and blind spots

Treasury has launched a procurement payments dashboard – a milestone for transparency. But it still requires detailed analysis…

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