The day after the shock of respected Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene being replaced by an unknown backbencher, David van Rooyen arrived at National Treasury with his two until now unnamed “advisors.” In this article republished with…
My first exposure to Evraz Steel was interviewing the Russian super-model lookalike who was sent to SA as the “spokesman” when the company first acquired Highveld Steel. It was during the early days of BRICS…
MOTORING/INDUSTRY-NEWS / 15 March 2016 at 12:26pm By: IOL Motoring Staff So how exactly is the fuel price calculated? Who takes what cut? It’s a contentious topic with South Africans, given how much we pay for…
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By Staff WriterOctober 29, 2015 Trade union Solidarity says that statements made by Julius Malema on the racial makeup of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange incites racial tension unnecessarily, and is not an accurate reflection of…
By Staff WriterJune 1, 2015 Taxpayers are footing the bill for South Africa’s royal families and traditional leaders, which cost the country in excess of R650 million a year. As of 2010, South Africa recognizes…
BY PETER BRUCE, 04 SEPTEMBER 2015, 06:56 President Jacob Zuma during question time in Parliament in August. Picture: EPA IT IS TOO easy to laugh off President Jacob Zuma’s flip-flopping on the state of the…
Very often we hear agitated representatives of black pride dismiss Western economics (capitalism) as a bad system PRINCE MASHELE 08 SEPTEMBER 2015 POLITICS Former president Thabo Mbeki had clear ideas of economics for Africa while…
At 71, RW Johnson has reached a stage in his life when he could care less what cages he rattles. A Rhodes Scholar, historian and journalist, he acts as a canary in the South…
November 6, 2015 Magnus Heystek and I began our careers in financial journalism in the same year – 1980 – and in the same building – Perskor, Height St, Doornfontein. Our desks were a floor…
