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.

The diary of a wimpy governor

The South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) cut interest rates by 25 basis points (bp) yesterday, inviting an unusual question: what is…

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November 22, 2024

Economy & Markets

What’s worse: Doctoring your CV or stealing billions?

South Africa is such a strange country. You can run a transparent actual fraud on actual pensioners, in which you take their actual savings…

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November 19, 2024

Energy & ESG·Opinion

House arrest: How the GEPF lost out

The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) claims its 4.9% return for 2024 is “satisfactory”. It’s not. With too much of its portfolio invested in…

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November 15, 2024

Investing & Finance·News

A Maziv blow

The Competition Tribunal’s decision to block cellphone giant Vodacom’s bid to buy Vumatel owner Maziv has sparked a vigorous debate about whether the decision…

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November 11, 2024

Investing & Finance

Trump redux = Trump unbound?

Odd thing, victory. During the US election campaign, president elect Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine by Inauguration Day. Victory means…

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November 8, 2024

Opinion·Politics

If Safair is grounded, South Africa risks tourism suicide

In the long-running dispute between the International Air Services Council (IASC) and FlySafair, South Africa’s regulator has now declared that the airline’s shareholding structure…

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November 8, 2024

News

Former Treasury DG resigns in the wake of corruption allegations

Could it be that the penny is dropping? Former Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane has announced he will step down as CEO of the Moti…

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November 5, 2024

News·Opinion

How should investors read the mini-budget – Diwali or Halloween?

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s October mini-budget was presented the day before Diwali and the day before Halloween – which is appropriate because it can…

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November 4, 2024

Economy & Markets·Investing & Finance

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Thomas Massie interview

Thomas Massie on the SA-US freeze, Trump, and the Epstein files

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SA farmers seek new markets

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Donald Trump has upended global trade. But while the US…

The week ahead

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Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news…

AI, asset management

AI is triggering seismic shifts in asset management

November 28, 2025

Artificial intelligence may be a disruptive force in the world…