by Chris Gibbons | Aug 21, 2014 | Business, General, Politics
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...
by Chris Gibbons | Aug 12, 2014 | Business, General, Politics
“If you have land, you have everything,” said Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader Julius Malema, who told a Botshabelo church meeting over the weekend that “the demand for land starts today.” Sadly, Malema is wrong. To see just how far off-track he is leading his...
by Chris Gibbons | Jul 10, 2014 | General, Politics
So, Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been appointed permanently as chief operating officer of the SABC. No real surprise there, given the ruling ANC’s determination that he would get the job, come hell or high water. One or two eyebrows might have been raised at the apparent...
by Chris Gibbons | Jun 18, 2014 | General, Politics
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...
by Chris Gibbons | Jun 3, 2014 | Politics
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...
by Chris Gibbons | May 14, 2014 | General, Politics
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...