Unemployment: Covid-19 vs global financial crisis – remote workers fare better
Analysis by the International Monetary Fund indicates that remote workers are likely to cope better in recessions in general.
Undictated
Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Covid-19 mutations dampen Xmas cheer
Earlier, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a difficult truth – Covid-19 is far from over, with cases spiking in different parts of the country.
Golden visas: not just plan B for South Africans
South African, Chinese citizens have been among those at the front of the queue for property investments and visa opportunities in Portugal.
Prisoners at front of Covid-19 vaccine queue – SA govt priority list
People who live in overcrowded settings – including in prisons – are set to get the Covid-19 vaccine first along with healthcare workers.
SA Covid-19 vaccine woes: Hidden hand of media manipulation emerges from shadows
There was no time, apparently, to clarify, with the PR moving proceedings ‘swiftly’ to a presentation on vaccination denialism.
How will we get over Covid-19? US stocks perk up; IMF warns of humanitarian crisis
There’s little festive cheer anywhere in the world as Covid-19 containment measures have stopped business activity at the busiest time.
Corrupt corporates pay up; now for a serious Eskom shake-up
Ramaphosa needs to continue with a long-overdue shake up of the state entities that are sucking up taxpayers’ funds and this starts with Eskom.
Be kind: your business depends on it – Faith Popcorn, Jon Foster-Pedley
Jackie Cameron spent a pleasurable hour on Zoom in the company of characterful world-leading futurist Faith Popcorn and Dean Jon Foster-Pedley.
Time to look at value again? Asset manager Piet Viljoen back on form
Piet Viljoen built a reputation as an asset management rock star at Investec before starting his own firm.
V-day for UK – and SA
Back home in SA, we had our own type of V-day, with the release of Gross Domestic Product statistics showing a sharp bounce back in the economy.