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- South Africans have spoken: “Do your own investing”
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Local is Lekker – look out for the subtle change in our focus
The thing I learnt above all else in the nine years since starting BizNews, is the value of listening. And as an online publisher, we’re blessed by being able to quantify exactly how much and how long our tribe consumes what we produce.
One area where we haven’t been sufficiently attentive is in the coverage of local investment news – ie of JSE-listed companies. Because offshore investments are so poorly covered by SA media, we’ve had a weighting towards global markets – especially Big Tech stocks listed on Wall Street.
That approach has paid off by helping our community better understand these opportunities – and the appeal of riding on the back of exponentially expanding global giants. But there’s not a whole lot of value we can add to a report on Apple or Amazon. Whereas that’s the opposite case applies with the increasingly ignored JSE-listings.
Our intense offshore focus led to neglect our own local champions. A deficiency we’re in the process of putting right. Last week’s in-depth results interviews with banking CEOs Sim Tshabalala and Mike Brown were well received. We’ve got Sasol’s Fleetwood Grobler and Absa’s Arrie Rautenbach coming up. If you’ve got a business leader you’d like us to quiz, please let me know – [email protected].
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