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The Thungela CEO talks renewables, coal prices, Eskom – and why Gwede Mantashe’s union past is no longer fit for purpose…
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Comedian and writer David Baddiel chats about his excellent memoir, ‘My Family: The Memoir’, his life, work style and why honesty beats perfection…
Sealand: Gold standard for green business?
Sealand Gear is a homegrown sustainable success story. The founders tell Currency about their triumphs, tribulations and favourite products…
Why South Africa needs to go Irish
‘Money’ author David McWilliams isn’t writing South Africa off yet – but it needs to shake off its emerging-market curse and kickstarts its factories…
The exchange … with Amazon’s Rob Koen
Amazon’s Sub-Saharan Africa MD on healthy competition, ‘making a plan’, and South Africans’ optimism…
How I spend my currency … with York Zucchi
Swiss-born entrepreneur York Zucchi is founder of The StartUp Tribe, and mad about small businesses. He opens up about financial lessons and philosophies…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Khaya Dlanga
In the first of a weekly series, we shoehorned this well-known author, ad man and social media mensch into answering eight quick questions. Dlanga…
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The complaint economy
Jono Hall reflects on bad service, online feedback culture and…
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Ban Ki-moon’s (overly) simple fix for South Africa
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The utility – and tragedy – of a boring budget
South Africa’s increasingly low-grade ambitions are writ large in this…
