Misguided ignorance today makes us like yesterday’s smokers – or slave owners
Telling the story through the eyes of ordinary folk is a wonderful way to bring history to life. And it also gives perspective of how our species has progressed.
Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Telling the story through the eyes of ordinary folk is a wonderful way to bring history to life. And it also gives perspective of how our species has progressed.
Jakkie Cilliers, author of the excellent book Fate Of The Nation, reckons the real challenge for Cyril Ramaphosa is to get chiefs into the modern world.
You’d think CEOs would be falling over themselves to support the amazing initiative. If only to feature in the half hour DSTV documentary.
Jabu Moleketi tells Brait shareholders there has been “significant progress” at New Look since November’s appointment of Alastair McGeorge as its executive chairman.
For the past couple years, this resilient artist, Anthony Fabian, has been capturing the views of (mostly) young South Africans.
Good old South Africa. From the pinnacle of hope to the depth of despair in the space of a few hours. That’s the roller coaster in whose front seat we in the news business get to ride.
Yesterday Slack went down, worldwide, for three full hours. It was the first time Alec can recall that the system crashed.
Despite electricity outages during the Eskom wage negotiations, uninterrupted supply should become the norm. After Medupi, Kusile and the renewable programme, it will require years of strong economic growth to suck up excessive supply.
Among Alec’s most memorable assignments as a young reporter was attending an International Monetary Fund annual meeting in Toronto.
Alec’s journey with the Cupertino business began in 1985 when an Apple IIe computer retired his old typewriter. In the decades since, Apple has just kept on delivering pleasant surprises.