Goodbye Prof Matthew Lester – all of SA, Biznews especially, misses you already
Yesterday’s email from the director of Rhodes Business School was like an unexpected stomach punch. Owen Skae wrote that the inimitable Matthew Lester had passed away.
Yesterday’s email from the director of Rhodes Business School was like an unexpected stomach punch. Owen Skae wrote that the inimitable Matthew Lester had passed away.
It is an especially important Budget. Leading the challenges for the Ramaphosa Administration is how to plug a R50bn hole in the accounts.
For Pravin Gordhan the Budget is first and foremost an instrument of political policy – a view he reiterated at various times during and before Wednesday’s Budget address in Parliament.
A VAT increase is the quickest ticket for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s admission to the shady pines retirement village.
At first glance, it appears that there is little comfort for the #FeesMustFall cohort in the medium term budget policy statement, writes Matthew Lester.
We all seem to have forgotten about the biggest stakeholder in the #feesmustfall debate, the South African family, says Matthew Lester.
Alastair Mokoena, MD of Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg recently visited the Rhodes Business School to tackle the highly controversial subject of branding the #feesmustfall movement.
The reported departure of two of the Gupta brothers from South Africa would have little effect in alleviating their current business problems, says Mathew Lester.
Matthew Lester offers some unique insights into the thinking behind the tax changes in the budget – and explains how the new dispensation will affect each of us.
Matthew Lester unpacks the numbers and explains how free tertiary education can be addressed through a little creative thinking on the over-funded UIF and greater equity on SETAs.