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Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Alan Knott-Craig applies his mind to reasons why fellow SA-optimists shouldn’t be sent to the booby-hatch.
With its enormous debt burden, there is no real way for Eskom to invest in improvements to generate the power it needs to generate.
But after 45 years with the company – half of them as its leader – WBHO chairman Mike Wylie is sure to be affected when he officially leaves in November.
Markus Jooste bought Tekkie Town from Braam Van Huyssteen in August 2016 for R3.3bn – paying with shares today worth just R35m – a depreciation of 99%.
When a ruling party appoints people based purely on their loyalty to it and not on merit or commitment to public service, you’re asking for serious trouble.
Fake news is so prevalent nowadays that at the very least, and if it’s missing from a report, treat what we’re being fed with a great deal of circumspection.
Alec had one of his more inspiring visits to Surf City. It came in through visiting the factory of a newly turned 50 year old Rajeev Pattundeen, who signs his emails “shoemaker”.
A study released this week by the Economic Policy Institute in the US reported that American CEOs earn about 278 times more than the average worker.
This is an essential read to anyone who has to navigate daily the degrading and ‘othering’ terminology that dominates our modern South African politics.
For SA Inc, the last bull has surely departed. Mr Market is in sackcloth and ashes and for Alec, that’s a sure signal that a turnaround is very close.