Did Standard Bank lie and cheat to get its hands on computer programme?
This story first appeared in Noseweek . Did Standard Bank lie and cheat to steal an idea worth billions? When atm and internet fraud started […]
Residents fight back against banks’ eviction tactics
This article first appeared in Groundup. A group called Lungelo Lethu Human Rights Foundation is preparing a class action suit against the four major banks […]
How SA slept through the BEE revolution
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. When the term Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) first floated into the South African business and political lexicon in the […]
Is there a better tax system than the monstrosity currently in place?
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Is there a better tax system than the monstrosity currently in place? Stephen Meintjes, analyst at Momentum SP Reid […]
White expat South Africans returning in record numbers
More than 400,000 white expat South Africans have returned to the land of their birth since the apex of the financial crisis in 2009, according […]
The story of SA in two depressing charts
Two charts tell the story of South Africa Inc. One shows that SA companies cannot invest outside the country fast enough, and the other shows […]
Lessons for SA from South America
Two South American countries – Colombia and Venezuela – offer lessons in governance that we would do well to heed. Colombia is now one of […]
How SAA shot down its rivals with taxpayer money
Competition never sat easy with SAA, which used R30 billion in taxpayer-funded bailouts over the last decade to shut down a string of competitors, from […]
How the banks are targeting black home owners in Cosmo City
The financial crisis has percolated down to first time home buyers in Cosmo City near Johannesburg, many of whom claim they have been evicted irregularly […]
Ostrich farmer from Eastern Cape shows court his mortgage loan is now in Taiwan
An ostrich farmer from Grahamstown has thrown the local court into a spin by apparently proving that his mortgage loan with Standard Bank has been […]