The Writer's Room

Since April, developmental micro-financers have made more than 180 000 loans – 18 times more than government. From Moneyweb. When the lockdown was announced in […]

And this was before the pandemic. It’s time to rethink local government in its entirety. From Moneyweb. Even before the coronavirus struck, SA’s municipalities were […]

Four months into the pandemic we have a clearer picture of the social and economic impacts of the lockdown. From DearSA. It’s a catastrophe. The lockdown […]

The floodgates have opened for thousands of people whose foreign-registered vehicles have been impounded over the decades. From Moneyweb. Joaquim Alves was arrested and locked […]

Kelvin Dushnisky calls it a day after releasing a great set of results. From Moneyweb. It was a mixed bag of news and results for […]

More than R1 billion. That’s the cost of various commissions of inquiry in recent years, most of them investigating corruption. From Accounting Weekly. The granddaddy […]

Slightly lower interim earnings offset by R700m in cost savings. From Moneyweb. Kumba Iron Ore’s earnings were briefly impacted by the Covid-19 lockdown, but operations […]

There’s some good news here from a surprising quarter. From Moneyweb. Never write off agriculture’s propensity to come to the rescue when it is most […]

Welcome to the world of machine investment. We look at two South African companies that offer fully computerised investment. Is this the future? From Brainstorm […]

Law enforcement is ill-equipped and overburdened, and the legal process creates incentives to fight to the death. From Moneyweb. Apart from a smattering of arrests […]