Best of all worlds: Tshwane ANC promises to make life tough for new mayor.
Kgosientso Ramokgopa says running a Tshwane where the ANC has control of the majority of wards will be a challenge for the alliance of political parties voting with the DA.
Kgosientso Ramokgopa says running a Tshwane where the ANC has control of the majority of wards will be a challenge for the alliance of political parties voting with the DA.
ANC President Jacob Zuma says the Tshwane municipality will not be wrestled away from the organisation in the upcoming elections.
A while back, Stellenbosch got a lot of attention for becoming South Africa’s first “Wifi Town”, when the town, in partnership with Mxit and the University of Stellenbosch, rolled out a free wifi network to serve the people – especially the low-income people – of the community. Lately, though, the project has been getting some … Read more
Hi there There have been a few property listings on the JSE lately. But none captures the imagination quite like yesterday’s newcomer, Safari Investments. After raising R374m in a private placing of shares to new investors by pitching at a 9% yield, Safari is no patchwork quilt portfolio. It has been slowly built through its … Read more
Township property fund Safari Investments, listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange next week, has a loyal group of investors that is determined to stay for the long haul. That much is clear in this interview with its CEO Francois Marais, who says the pension fund-like quality of the fund is proving very attractive. The Real Estate … Read more
In the Knott-Craig family the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Where his father revolutionised SA’s communications industry through the building of Vodacom, Alan Junior is doing something similar to deliver free internet access to the bottom of the pyramid. His Isizwe’s township wi-fi offering which switched on in Tshwane yesterday. It was a … Read more
I met Bob Head in 2005 when he was parachuted into South Africa by Old Mutual to sort out its local subsidiaries. At the time Nedbank was recovering after almost going bust (Big Green had to pump in billions to stabilise the ship); Mutual & Federal was still a separately listed entity; and OMSA had … Read more