Boxed in: Lessons for Pretoria and Africa from Trump’s tariff uppercut
What a schoolboy dust-up has to say about the US president and his looming tariffs…
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Data currents: South African trade
With Trump tariffs on the cards, South Africa’s trade is in the spotlight. How has it shaped up over the past 15 years? Here’s…
Slow clap for South Africa’s president-by-commission
That Ramaphosa has appointed a commission of inquiry to look into the police is a good thing. But you can’t blame the public for…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Pfunzo Sidogi
Pfunzo Sidogi on Monica, Mahlangu’s BMW, running 90km for fun, and why the Mmabana Arts Centre still matters…
The week ahead: Tariffs, baby, tariffs
Mark your calendar – here’s the political and economic news to watch out for in the days ahead…
This is fine (please floss)
In a land where nothing works quite the way it should, Jono Hall finds surprising comfort in the chaos…
Inside Paystack’s local play
Payments company Paystack is a market leader in Nigeria. But it’s set up businesses around Africa too, and is now making inroads in South…
Oh goody! More talking!
There’s apparently no hurry to get Ramaphosa’s ‘national dialogue’ off the ground. We’ll likely have to wait a year for any programme of action…
The rank hypocrisy of South Africa’s public holidays
Public holidays like Human Rights and Freedom Day provide good opportunities for political posturing. But our politicians offer little else…
Egg-cellent! We rate this year’s best (and worst) Easter chocolates
After sampling everything from creamy classics to crunchy catastrophes, the Currency gogos didn’t sugar-coat their chocolate opinions…
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Africa: A continent of limitless potential
Standard Bank’s Keep Growing campaign is a promise to embrace…
Why halting SA’s debt binge is a huge win for the GNU
For the first time in fifteen years, South Africa’s debt-to-GDP…
Keeping his shorts: Hedge fund OG Jean Pierre Verster
The founder of Protea Capital Management made his name shorting…
Now the party is over, who washes the G20 dishes?
The G20 event was marked most by US and Chinese…
