Buffaloed: Phala Phala comes charging back Phala Phala is back from the dead. The Constitutional Court just revived an impeachment inquiry the ANC thought it had killed in 2022… by Tim Cohen May 11, 2026 News
China’s trade bridge to Africa: opportunity or optics? Will China’s tariff-free trade policy with Africa simply reinforce existing trade imbalances without changing the structure of trade?… by Tim Cohen May 7, 2026 Economy & Markets·Pan-African
PODCAST: The trappings of debt. Literally What does it mean for you and your investments that global public sector debt has now breached the $100-trillion mark?… Tim CohenMark Barnes May 5, 2026 Opinion·Pods
Exchange control and crypto: how Treasury fossils flunked it South Africa’s new crypto regulations are as inflexible and out-of-step with a new world order as existing Apartheid-era exchange controls… by Tim Cohen May 4, 2026 Analysis·Economy & Markets
SA’s AI policy needs a reboot — not a funeral, say analysts The draft’s now-notorious fake references were a serious failure, but not a reason to abandon the policy process… by Tim Cohen May 1, 2026 News
PODCAST: The tyranny of mediocrity The consequences of the widening war in the Middle East are hard to predict, but one thing is very clear: we are surrounded by… Mark BarnesTim Cohen April 28, 2026 Opinion·Pods
PODCAST: The great South African reboot From Transnet to Joburg, the times they are a-changin’ in South Africa. At last… Tim CohenMark Barnes April 22, 2026 Opinion·Pods
Arrears, defaults, denial: the limits of South Africa’s leadership South Africa is beset by a culture of non-payment. The country’s political leadership doesn’t seem to be all that seized with the crisis… by Tim Cohen April 21, 2026 Opinion·Politics 1
Mark Mobius: the man who sold the world With Mark Mobius’s death this week, the world has lost one of the great characters of global fund management… by Tim Cohen April 20, 2026 News·Opinion 1
RAF’s bid to shut out undocumented foreigners fails in court The RAF has suffered another legal loss, with the SCA ruling it cannot exclude foreign nationals in South Africa illegally from compensation… by Tim Cohen April 17, 2026 News 1
1 Spar: it just gets worse June 1, 2026 Spar’s loyalty levels with independent retailers may be worse than…
2 How Joburg’s budget destroys the SARB’s balancing act June 1, 2026 Joburg’s tariff increases gravely undermine the Bank’s efforts to rein…
3 Real Politics: stuck with a president fighting for himself June 1, 2026 The Phala Phala ruling has revived impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa,…
4 RMH lives on – so does the fight June 1, 2026 RMH has undergone a board overhaul. But the new, slimmer…