DAVID FURLONGER: Playing chicken with the African motor industry
Which comes first: vehicle finance or a vehicle worth financing?
ROB ROSE: Heineken heeds the lesson of SABMiller
The Dutch brewer’s R40bn offer for Distell comes five years after AB InBev overpaid for SABMiller. Heineken was never going to make the same mistake
ANN CROTTY: What SA listed companies and European soccer clubs have in common
These days, everyone seems to believe that simply throwing money at a handful of people is the answer to recruiting and retaining ‘talent’
CARMEL RICKARD: Amcu slapped for behaving badly
Judges don’t usually award costs against workers or unions in labour matters. But a recent case involving Amcu proved the exception to the rule
STEPHEN CRANSTON: Quilter’s coming of age
Quilter bears little resemblance to the Skandia which former Old Mutual CEO Jim Sutcliffe bought
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Facebook lawsuits get personal
Mark Zuckerberg and other executives themselves are now in the firing line for ‘exploiting children in the interest of profit’
JAMIE CARR: Pepkor pepped up and going strong
If you ignore any external distractions, Pepkor remains a high-quality operation
MARC HASENFUSS: Shaking off the boredom with Reinet
If anything would shake the boredom at Reinet, it would be the €602m drop in intrinsic value from end-March to end-September
NATASHA MARRIAN: The ANC is learning South Africans can’t eat unity
‘Renewal’ and ‘reform’ may be top of the party’s agenda, but citizens don’t care – they want a growing economy, jobs, basic services, and to feel safe
JUSTICE MALALA: How Ramaphosa can save himself – and maybe even SA
Time has run out for the president, but he can still deliver on that early promise if he is prepared to show courage
SARAH BUITENDACH: There’s no place like a R150m home
I know that money doesn’t buy taste, but it can try, and if I were going to drop that much money on a place to live, I’d be looking for exceptional design
JOAN MULLER: Time for divvy chasers to climb back into Reits?
It turns out that apocalyptic predictions were overdone – it seems that the sector is emerging from the Covid storm in better-than-expected shape
BRUCE WHITFIELD: Beware the great election day credit card swindle
Credit cards are often regarded as a tool of the dark forces of the financial underworld, but if you follow the basics, they can be very useful
ROB ROSE: No more crashes, vows Deloitte’s new pilot
The firm has learnt a lot about professional scepticism from the corporate crashes at Steinhoff and Tongaat, says its new CEO, Ruwayda Redfearn
SARAH BUITENDACH: What it’s like being a ‘regular’ at a hospital in November 2021
Fear, panic, hope, relief, disbelief – and the spectre of the ‘inevitable’ fourth wave that looms large in compulsively sanitised hallways
