Letter from Silicon Valley: Corporate wealth soars amid building boom
This fascinating article describes the ins and outs of the world’s innovation hub Silicon Valley by regular visitor Barry Wood.
This fascinating article describes the ins and outs of the world’s innovation hub Silicon Valley by regular visitor Barry Wood.
Veteran journalist and long-time Zimbabwe observer, Barry Wood, reports on the case for and against the global community bailing out President Mnangagwa and his long-ruling Zanu PF party.
Zimbabwe’s example proves the point: without a healthy business sector creating jobs and paying taxes, for all the pomp and self-aggrandisement, politics doesn’t actually matter.
South African academic leader Prof Jonathan Jansen says a growing crisis in SA’s education sector portends a grim future for the country.
Barry Wood analyses the surprise ascendancy of Donald Trump and what it means for South Africa, specifically for the continued rule by the ANC.
In Barry Wood’s interview with Berkshire’s chairman Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha explains how he turned a newspaper route into a business.
Barry Wood is one of those top flight global journalists who just loves South Africa. He is en route to the country once more at the end of the month, basing himself in the new national capital of capital, Stellenbosch. We have engaged over the years and apart from our passion for financial journalism share … Read more
It’s well known in Johannesburg that the smartest kids have a straight choice between joining Discovery, the locally-based financial services group, or Glencore, the global resources giant run by Joburger Ivan Glasenberg. Both groups put a premium on intellect and an ability to embrace complexity. But while Glencore is already established in its field as … Read more