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After Enoch Godongwana’s eviscerating letter to Joburg, the majority party in the metro has vanishingly few places to turn…
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China has kept Iran’s economy afloat and used its diplomatic power to push for peace. But it’s also hedging its bets…
PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ – crocodiles ate my budget
Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into the politics of the moment: cost of living, Jacob Zuma, NSFAS – and Gwede’s fuel price gaffe…
Grim truth behind South Africa’s asset management consolidation
Record assets mask a structural flight to safety: as GDP stagnates and investors flee local equities, boutiques are merging not to thrive – but…
Inside a vishing call: 41 minutes, R340,000 gone
A vishing call is a product, not a conversation. The UK treats banks as accountable. South Africa still treats the customer as an authoriser…
‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: importance vs urgency
Why the urgent so often distracts from the important – and what a Himalayan trek revealed about how easily distraction can tip into danger…
Essential money talks before tying the knot
Couples who avoid frank money conversations before marriage risk conflict, financial strain and a higher chance of divorce later on…
ProNutro, Chuckles, and the lessons of ‘New Coke’
Companies have been messing with winning formulas for decades – and the recent insults to fans of ProNutro show lessons have yet to be…
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?…
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…
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