Cees Bruggemans argues against RW Johnson’s theory that South Africa has two more years left before it has to turn to the IMF, saying technically South Africa is in a relative state of equilibrium.
At 71, RW Johnson cares less what cages he rattles. The Rhodes Scholar, historian and journalist, tells Andrew Donaldson why time is running out for SA.
South Africa’s commercial real estate sector welcomed the budget announcement that National Treasury is supporting, and working towards, extending South Africa’s REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) dispensation to unlisted property-owning companies.
he battle for Zambia’s top job was already under way before long-ailing President Michael Sata died Tuesday, but it looks set to become more messy and more intense in his wake
Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, a government source inAfrica’s second-largest copper producer said
What social engineers have always missed is while people might join crowds, each human being is an individual with customised thoughts and actions. And dreams. Deep inside every parent is the belief our newborn child will be the next great thing for the world – a future CEO, Judge, Doctor, Professor even President. Of course … Read more
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama made a visa application in India for entry to South Africa, the international relations department said on Thursday. “The South African High Commission in New Delhi… has received a visa application from the office of… the Dalai Lama for a planned visit… to South Africa,” spokesman Clayson Monyela said … Read more
This year, the great Nelson Mandela died. His death has seen an outpouring of reminiscences and recollections among those who were lucky enough to spend time with our country’s first democratic president. We are all, in effect, trying to reconfigure the world without him. But Christmas was always a special time for Mandela. He treasured … Read more
One of my better moves at Moneyweb was linking up with the brilliant Dr James Myburgh and veteran political journalist Stanley Uys in helping them create Politicsweb.co.za. The site has mushroomed into an online giant, the go-to site for South Africans interested in this emotive subject. And aren’t we all? During my semi-sabbatical, Moneyweb reversed … Read more
We writers need always guard against exaggeration. Terms like “for the first time ever….” and my personal non-favourite “all eyes are on….” cheapen otherwise good work. Even so, it’s hard to describe South Africa’s passage to democracy as anything other than unique.