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From Transnet to Joburg, the times they are a-changin’ in South Africa. At last…
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The centre is holding as the DA offers up a new generation
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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…
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…
PODCAST: America’s drinking laws make no sense
Did you know there are more than 500 places in the US where you can’t legally buy a drink? What does this say about…
Real Politics: Hill-Lewis is new. The DA’s problem isn’t
New DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has refreshed the party’s image – but not its politics. That gap may cost it the voters it needs…
Investec vs Investec: the Mr Price deal debacle
Investec Equities has downgraded Mr Price on the deeply-disliked NKD purchase, even as the bank lauds its role in a ‘successful transaction’…
Will oil prices ever truly go back to ‘normal’?
The challenge now may not be the short-term disruption to oil supply, but the realisation that the days of cheap oil are over…
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