The world is changing fast and to keep up you need local knowledge with global context.
Alan Knott-Craig applies his mind to reasons why fellow SA-optimists shouldn’t be sent to the booby-hatch.
23rd August 2019
Part-time bureaucrat James Styan's fourth book is his best selling yet, with the initial print run sold out within days of The Bosasa Billions hitting the shelves.
23rd August 2019
Steinhoff’s effort to recoup salaries from former executives appears to be heading for a lengthy legal battle as ex-Chief Financial Officer Ben la Grange joined his former boss in filing an objection.
23rd August 2019
The white Zulu-boy turned alternative entrepreneur, GG Alcock, has dropped a mamba in a herd of cattle, it seems.
23rd August 2019
Brian Raftopolous, an international studies expert, explains why there's no end in sight to Zimbabwe's woes.
23rd August 2019
Dawn Ridler, of Kerenga Wealth Ecology, explains the key characteristics of ETFs, how they differ from collective investment schemes like unit trusts or mutual funds, and how they generate returns.
23rd August 2019
On Thursday, the 174-year-old insurer gave Peter Moyo further notice of termination in a dispute that erupted in May, according to Bloomberg.
23rd August 2019
Ram Ottapathu, founder of Botswana’s leading retailer Choppies, has been under heavy attack of late after a forensic and legal audit into the JSE-listed company accused him of malfeasance.
22nd August 2019
Naspers received enough votes from shareholders to proceed with an Amsterdam listing of assets including a $125bn stake in Chinese internet giant Tencent.
23rd August 2019
The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, condemns the burning of a SANDF soldier in his car on Sunday.
23rd August 2019
South Africa’s third-largest wireless carrier, Cell C, had its credit rating cut to D by rating agency S&P Global after it failed to make interest payments due in July.
23rd August 2019
The weak state of the South African consumer was back on investors’ minds when Mr Price said shoppers “continue to be constrained” as the retailer presented a four-month trading update.
22nd August 2019
The global head of credit research at Debtwire, Nick Saville-Smith, joined us on Rational Radio this week to provide a City of London perspective on the latest financials released by Eskom.
22nd August 2019
As South Africa struggles with slow growth and rising prices for just about everything, financial scams are popping up everywhere.
22nd August 2019
Here's the recording of Alec Hogg's address, one based on underlying realities facts lost in the noise dominating discourse in the young democracy.
21st August 2019
In this week's edition of Rational Radio, SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro wades into the investment market controversies surrounding Discovery, Sasol, Blue Label and Aspen.
21st August 2019
Steven Nathan, founder and CEO of 10X Investments, says most people choose a living rather than a guaranteed annuity. It’s the lesser of the two evils.
7th August 2019
Nedbank says structural reforms aimed at stemming the current economic and fiscal deterioration in SA need to be implemented with greater urgency.
6th August 2019
The EB-5 visa has quickly become a popular visa option for those seeking an easier life in the US, with more educational and employment opportunities.
1st August 2019
Customers are more demanding than ever and now expect to be able to complete any transaction online, in real time with an overall exemplary customer experience.
31st July 2019
Because of his inability to grasp the principle of causation, it's unlikely Jacob Zuma will come to lament the 13th of December 2018, the day he created a Twitter account.
22nd August 2019
There’s something for everybody in Simon Lincoln Reader’s satirical columns, sometimes so well-written that I’m sure his detractors can’t wait to scour every paragraph to feed their fetishes.
15th August 2019
When he heard about the crash, Ethiopian Airlines captain Bernd Kai von Hoesslin said he felt a wave of anger, then nausea.
14th August 2019
One of the most disturbing features of the South African economy in recent times has been the seeming acceleration of emigration of skilled persons.
13th August 2019
South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 4% year-on-year in July, which is the lowest in seven months; according to Statistics South Africa.
22nd August 2019
Steinhoff shares hit a new low even after a long-awaited restructuring agreement on 9 billion euros of debt had been reached.
21st August 2019
2018 into 2019 has seen advances in the nature of healthcare and healthcare trends which are nothing less than astronomical.
20th August 2019
Medical scheme provider Discovery lost 8%, and Aspen shed more than 4%. Some analysts are baffled about the volatility around Discovery.
20th August 2019
GG Alcock's unique background - raised by anti-apartheid activists who lived their values by relocating to SA's poorest area to live like locals - provided him with a very different thought process to his fellows.
22nd August 2019
At the invitation of Vivian Reddy, the central character in the R3.4bn Oceans development, Alec heard the real story. And got a lot more than he bargained for.
19th August 2019
Amanda Maidman found herself in Ballito looking for an idea for a business when her daughter suggested ice cream, Scoop was started.
8th August 2019
Senamile Masango, raised in a rural KwaZulu-Natal extended family of teachers, has become one of South Africa’s very few black female nuclear physicists.
7th August 2019
There’s a reason governance expert, Alex van den Heever is considered the NHI ‘Naysayer-in-Chief ‘by the entire hierarchy of the national health department.
21st August 2019
The SABC has a long history of being “His Master’s Voice” and has been exposed to the whims of governments since its inception.
20th August 2019
In the crescendo of shock and horror about unemployment of 29%, GG Alcock disagrees with these numbers.
19th August 2019
When you find yourself in the middle of two vastly different generations, you need to be an expert in diplomacy as well as the art of changing lanes.
19th August 2019