The technology has huge implications for the country and the world. Experts say if South Africa fails to prepare, it will be preparing to fail
Structural reforms are often offered as the solution to South Africa’s growth problem, but we should be wary when they are code for privatisation
A bigger alliance will give the group extra economic heft, but it remains to be seen whether its members can speak in one voice
The US ambassador’s allegations against South Africa come as a push to expand the Brics bloc’s influence threatens to force a new world order
The architecture of the global financial system hurts emerging market economies but the alliance has yet to offer an alternative
Later this month the South African Reserve Bank will decide how big a rise the country’s flailing economy can take
Large corporates whose business has thrived because of inequalities, could be hijacking the anti-racist movement by offering money and not tangible changes
The ‘capitalist comrade’ has been with the international banking firm since 2000
The emergence of parties such as the African Transformation Movement signals a worrying trend
Standard Chartered pleaded guilty to currency manipulation (which included the rand) between 2007 and 2013
Colin Coleman and Cyril Ramaphosa go way back, and the Goldman Sachs banker has the ear of ANC policy gurus
Elon Musk says the company would continue to be publicly traded, weeks after suggesting that he would take the pioneering electric carmaker private
The President has less impact on investment levels than he may like to admit
It appears US banks lost $1-billion when they loaned to the tycoon who used his Steinhoff shares as collateral
Standard Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and BASF Metals are the four companies accused of manipulating the price of platinum.
Ministers Yunus Carrim and Rob Davies and Goldman Sachs’s Colin Coleman spoke to us from Davos on the WEF’s relevance, perceptions of SA, and more.
A number of private portfolio exits could spark several companies to list on the stock exchange, says the top underwriter of IPOs.
Commodities will face increased risks despite the expectation that economic growth in the US will increase, says Goldman.
South Africa has made great progress since 1994 but needs to attract more foreign investment, says the Goldman Sachs’s report.
How is it possible that South Africa is a better place now than in 1994, asks a disgruntled South African expatriate.
