EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: SAA wants four times the bailout it initially requested
Asking for help is apparently the worst thing ever, and this is why Swedish thieves are stealing owls
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The taxpayer handout South African Airways wants has jumped from R5bn to R21bn. If you find yourself rolling your eyes because your spouse refuses to ask for directions, you may need to exercise some compassion. It turns out that we are hardwired to find asking for help distasteful. In my opinion Matters of debate Former DA leader Tony Leon draws parallels between the Patricia de Lille debacle under way and when the party attempted to oust Peter Marais as Cape Town mayor in 2001. "With only the slightest change of detail and a new cast of characters, history in the Cape of Storms appears to be repeating itself." Eskom’s application to its regulator to claw back almost R67bn it had overspent on what the regulator had allowed it, during the middle three years of its most recent tariff period, has attracted relatively little attention, writes Hilary Joffe. Finding alpha The long and the short of the markets Absa shareholders showed their dis...
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