My Wolverhampton trip to meet Steinhoff’s newest heavy hitter
A chartered accountant and tax specialist, Markus Jooste says he puts relationships and people at the top of his priorities. Great advice for any entrepreneur.
Undictated
Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Italian reminder of why Pravin is protecting South African banking jewels
Italian stagnation shows how heavily economic confidence relies on a healthy and efficiently functioning banking system.
Clyde Rossouw: Turbulent wages of QE – how it changed politics, investments
Clyde Rossouw proves the case for consistency in money management. Portfolio manager of the Investec Opportunity Fund for the past 14 years, his rational investment process is a rare outperforming beacon among actively managed funds.
Timely advice from Arnold Schwarzenegger – and his South African mentor.
Like his hero, Schwarzenegger offers a perfect inversion to those empty vessels given so much airplay in South Africa of late. He concludes the Ferriss book’s foreword with: “The worst thing you can ever do is think that you know enough. Never stop learning. Ever.” Quite.
Mayor Mashaba starts to address Joburg’s “outright, shameless looting”
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s 100-days-in-office speech delivered yesterday documents the scale of the challenge inherited. New cockroaches are crawling out of every new council cupboard opened.
Joburg’s DA Mayor Mashaba plans to send plundering predecessors to jail.
In his 100-days-in-office speech, new Joburg Major Herman Mashaba unpacked the depth of the mess his team has inherited.
All good things come to those who wait – even in horse breeding
AusVet. Prof Ian Sanne of Wits says a billion rand horse breeding export industry is in prospect, maybe more given the weak Rand.
Sumesh Chetty: How to make investments work harder in this “Cautious” world
Leading money manager Sumesh Chetty shares some of his secrets in this interview about his Investec Cautious Managed fund – a portfolio which will have plenty of followers right now.
ANC becomes its enemy – replicates last years of the Nats
SA’s deeply flawed President would have done his country a big favour by accepting the inevitable and resigning over the weekend. But Zuma believes that having given his life to the ANC, this is when he gets repaid.
From a Harvard Prof: Scoring Jacob Zuma on Dictatorship test
How do you know whether your political leader is a dictator? Here’s a list of ten questions offered as a guide by Harvard International Relations Professor Stephen Walt.