Pitch up, speak up – and rate the AGM
It’s sad to see that Shoprite has joined the ranks of JSE-listed companies that are prohibiting their shareholders from pitching up in person to
The AI meteor is coming – can South Africa’s job market take the hit?
There was an audible gasp in the audience at the Inanda Club in Sandton when Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, described the impact
Joburg’s worrying new trend: Running
You can tell way more about people from what they do, than what they say. And what they’re doing at the moment is running. I
A show in numbers: The mini-budget without the spectacle
Not the content, but the occasion of the “mini-budget” used to be more important. In the half-decade before Enoch Godongwana took the reins at
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Mary Sibande
Mary Sibande’s artistic alter ego “Sophie” is one of the most recognisable and loved characters in South African art history. Sibande’s warmth, smarts and
Get a room: Labotessa Luxury Boutique Hotel
The Currency team are connoisseurs of fine hotels. We’ve spent decades judging the softness of pillows, the friendliness of staff and the fillings in
The madness of King Louis 1 of Bronkhorstspruit
I sometimes sit in a restaurant and try to work out the “boeresom” of the place – the kind of calculation you do on
What we’re drinking this week: Red Cherry Merlot
This week the Woolworths WCellar buying team picked a juicy merlot. With notes of dark cherries and cacao, it sounds like dessert in a