Why markets – not BEE – lift people from poverty
BEE aims to fix apartheid’s distortions, but regulated markets have created huge externalities. History shows free markets lift more people out of poverty…
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The G20 event was marked most by US and Chinese absentia. These absences send a message – that South Africa is ignorable, despite the…
Why halting South Africa’s debt binge is a huge win for the GNU
For the first time in fifteen years, South Africa’s debt-to-GDP will not rise. This is a major step in re-igniting the country’s growth…
Why Canada wants Anglo for itself
Analysts have scotched rumours that Anglo American will be forced to redomicile itself in Canada, though pressure from Ottawa is on…
Why gambling hooks us: the science behind the urge
Gambling taps into our biology, allowing our Stone Age brains to be exploited by Digital Age predators…
Retirement dreams, real numbers: are you truly prepared?
Only 6% of South Africans are on track for retirement. The question is no longer when you’ll retire, but how. That’s something you can…
Vultures, bad actors and hallucinations: M20 says the G20 must step up
The M20 – a global media initiative – is lobbying to ensure issues related to information integrity are reflected in the G20 policy agenda…
South Africa needs BEE – but that doesn’t blind us to its faults
BEE shouldn’t be jettisoned. Instead, we need to make it work better…
A turning tide – but can Treasury deliver?
Is South Africa at the start of a fiscal turnaround? Opinion from economic analysts is mixed…
Rate the AGMs: Shoprite outstanding, Truworths indifferent
Truworths’ AGM is as woeful as its share price performance, while Shoprite shows retailers how it should be done…
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