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Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Just how tough it is to regulate, co-opt and police South Africa’s huge taxi industry is illustrated by this attempt by Cape Town’s city fathers to reduce competition over routes.
A headhunter Alec once worked closely with told him he believed everything was “in the CV”. The best candidate, he said, always emerged once you studied their experience.
South Africans are deeply divided over whether the Western Cape is the success that many who live in the province make it out to be.
In terms of practical advice on how to turn around a business in a highly competitive area, it beats any business school lecture. Hands down.
There’s a delicious irony for South African democrats who are celebrating recent events in the Sudan.
In Paul O’Sullivan’s eyes, ANC MP’s have captured the criminal justice system to protect themselves by creating false cases to attack those wanting to expose their criminal conduct.
Iqbal Survé’s self-enrichment at the expense of the investors on whose behalf the PIC is supposed to work is a classic example of state capture.
On Saturday, a football club known as The Imps became the first English professional football team to secure promotion this year.
Chris Steyn and Jaques Pauw are fighting over journalistic integrity, which is detracting from the great work both are doing to expose rot in the public interest.
Goldman Sachs’ CEO for sub-Saharan Africa said in a report that Ramaphosa’s plan to unbundle Eskom into three entities will take far too long.