The world is changing fast and to keep up you need local knowledge with global context.
In his diary this week, Simon Lincoln Reader goes on a quick tour that takes in some of the world’s most vile creatures.
The UK has long been a prime relocation destination for skilled South Africans, but they have faced staunch competition from EU nationals for positions.
Almost every major player in mining has tried to build an iron ore mine in Guinea. Now it’s the turn of Mick Davis.
Twelve empty supertankers are slowly plowing their way across thousands of miles of ocean toward America’s Gulf of Mexico coastline, revealing a few truths about today’s global oil market.
Taking full advantage of developments is satirist Simon Lincoln Reader, who cuts through the PCness in his unique, and decidedly unPC, style.
Elon Musk corrected a prediction for how many cars Tesla would make in 2019, hours after tweeting that production would reach about 500,000 vehicles this year.
Recent changes are bringing about a renewed sense of optimism but years of economic mismanagement have resulted in a Brazil that lacks confidence.
Simon says in an era where leadership is ‘defined by travel voucher scandals, or Gold Field’s troughs, or Louis Vuitton bags stuffed with cash”…it’s best the stuff should just stay in the ground.
The rand is back on its perch as the world’s most volatile currency as investors price in the risk of a credit-rating downgrade while awaiting details of the government’s rescue plan for Eskom.
Heineken is throwing down a gauntlet to Anheuser-Busch InBev in some of the emerging markets the Budweiser maker has long dominated.