DAVID FURLONGER: Going electric is not for penny-pinchers
Ridiculous sums of money are required for an all-electric future
JUSTICE MALALA: Connect the dots? What dots?
We have a state whose ability to assess threats and opportunities has collapsed alongside its ability to implement any of its programmes
ROB ROSE: Behind Tongaat’s stormy vote
About 20% of the sugar firm’s beleaguered shareholders voted against a R4bn capital raising plan that will bring in controversial new Zimbabwean-based investor ...
GIULIETTA TALEVI: For the super-rich, the pandemic has been a time to splurge
The luxury goods houses did a roaring trade as truly colossal sums of money were lavished on the world’s finest watches, perfumes, jewellery, handbags and ...
CHRIS ROPER: The lost art of the political insult
A good political takedown has become vanishingly rare in SA. It’s a bitter disappointment — not least because we have so few other measures for the performance ...
ANN CROTTY: Consultants lurking in the shadows
Why listed companies should disclose what consultants they’ve hired
CARMEL RICKARD: SA’s lunatic asylum
SA’s legal protections for asylum-seekers are hard to beat — fortunately for those who fall foul of the government’s bumbling bureaucracy
TOBY SHAPSHAK: The year of the Big (Tech) Breakup
In 2022, the many lawsuits against monopolistic tech firms, starting with Facebook, will gain momentum
JAMIE CARR: Binance Holdings — crypto’s behemoth
Regulators are going after the company in numerous jurisdictions, but with revenues at an estimated $20bn last year, it’s keeping its nose ahead
MARC HASENFUSS: Money in the mayhem
If anything is keeping the spirits up, it is the early advances of my investment portfolio
JUSTICE MALALA: How BLSA risked its reputation on Bain
The business body’s premature readmission of Bain was damaging, but at least the firm has now fallen on its sword
SARAH BUITENDACH: No worries, mate – I’m embracing my inner verbal sloth this year
But, that being said, I will be trying to cull some other lazy jargon I’ve picked up
