African Bank Will Happen Again – Here

It’s obvious that the collapse of African Bank (ABIL) into curatorship is not the first crisis of its kind to hit South Africa’s banking industry, nor will it be the last. It’s equally fair to say events of this nature will repeat themselves in both the United States...

South Africa: No Country For Old Men

Sorry, President Zuma, but your shirt collar was the giveaway. It happens to just about every older man that I’ve met. You look in the mirror and suddenly that fine, strong neck, which has supported your equally handsome head for the past 60 or 70 years, has turned...

Poephols? You bet…

South Africa now has the worst maths and science education in the world. That’s according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Global Information Technology Report, which places us stone last, in 148th place out of 148 countries*. Even perennial basket cases...

The True Cost of Marikana

Back down to the miners and lose the economy, break heads and lose public opinion. As striking AMCU members block mine shafts around Rustenburg and prevent – violently – miners who want to go back to work from doing so, government faces an impossible...