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Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Alec Hogg heard this week about a highly entrepreneurial European company which is relocating pretty much lock, stock and barrel to Cape Town.
The 112-year old small engine maker Briggs & Stratton survived the Great Depression and two World Wars. But not the Covid-19 pandemic.
Listen to a special podcast in which Alec Hogg and long time pal Barry van Zyl discuss the BizNews share portfolio with a view to structuring your own portfolio.
Alec has a theory about business in a rapidly expanding sector like online publishing being more like climbing stairs than navigating a steady curve.
Stanlib’s chief economist Kevin Lings distributes a graph-rich PDF as a weekly economic review. This week, the charts depict scary scenarios regarding foreign ownership of SA bonds, UK retail sales and the US Federal Budget Deficit.
The ban on alcohol spreads far and wide; and it’s an illustration once again of where the minority disrupt it for the many.
After receiving the green light from Jacana, we’re following up with the audiobook of Anthony Butler’s masterful biography on President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The ANC is using Covid-19 to argue SA must prioritize a proposed National Health system. However, NHI would treat the symptom – not cause.
In April, Alec interviewed Dr Gonzalo Otazu on his research showing a correlation between low Covid-19 mortality rates and childhood BCG vaccinations.
There’s compelling evidence of how the lockdown regulations are boosting criminal enterprises. Yet SA’s Soviet Style Command Council persists.