WORLDVIEW: Fancy a bet on electric cars? Go for the other Saffer (no, not Elon Musk)

South Africans love claiming Tesla founder Elon Musk as one of their own, even though the affection isn't reciprocated. After being tapped for a donation a couple years back, Musk famously sent Pretoria Boy's High a big cheque – on condition they never contacted him again.

Musk left his homeland at 17 and is now proudly American, warmly embraced by the US media (including sitcom cameos) and the White House. In truth, his fame and fortune flows from an early bet on electric cars. That turned the obsessive genius into the poster boy for clean cars replacing carbon spewing internal combustion engines.

Ironically, the other global flag bearer for the electric car revolution is also a South African who left the homeland to make his fortune. He is not yet widely recognised as such, but after yesterday's Glencore AGM, the smart money will start connecting the dots to the company's visionary CEO, Johannesburg born and raised Ivan Glasenberg.

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