Tax havens under scrutiny at #WEF20
Calls for governments to clamp down on companies who use tax havens to pay lower taxes on their profits have been growing louder.
Linda van Tilburg
Power given to people fed up with local service delivery by court
A high court in South Africa has passed a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for municipalities that fail to carry out their constitutional duty to citizens.
🔒 Luanda Leaks: Africa’s richest woman absconds to…(drum roll) Gupta hide-out Dubai
The Luanda Leaks has exposed “two decades of unscrupulous deals that led to Dos Santos becoming the wealthiest woman in Africa.”
State assets sale; Telkom job cuts anger; ANC rifts; Tito’s Davos challenge; SA lags in social mobility
The Government is accelerating the sale of state assets to fund cash-strapped South African Airways and other distressed state-owned companies.
Open letter: This is how we fix SAA
Simon Larsen believes in his country and has come up with suggestions to rescue SAA and remove it as a significant burden on the South African fiscus.
Unexpected rate cut; SAA sells aircraft; Telkom job cuts; a Picasso on a yacht; palladium
The SA Reserve Bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate to the lowest level in four years after slashing forecasts for inflation and economic growth.
SLR: Tweet away Helen Zille, great “awokening” that has overwhelmed common sense
Simon Lincoln Reader delves into the debate on Helen Zille’s love of Twitter and her decision to parody Meghan Markle and the Duchess’s commitment to “wokeness”.
SAA on precipice again; Black Friday sale boost; Zondo extension, New Eskom chair
Plagued by debt and years of mismanagement, SAA was placed in business rescue in December 2019 in a last-ditch effort to save thousands of jobs.
Eskom miners’ death knell; Land policy 2020 wrap; OM beat Moyo; Woolies, Vodacom, Cell C
Eskom will be the “death knell” for South Africa’s mining industry unless the government enables mines to produce their own electricity, says Exxaro CEO Mxolisi Mgojo.
‘Green fuels’ double whammy, SA must seize first-mover advantage – analysis
South Africa should seize the current energy crisis in the country and use its experience with Sasol technology to become a first-mover in the production of ‘green fuels’.