Why you’re a terrible saver (and how to get better)
Most people struggle to save due to poor financial literacy, often lacking essential money-management skills like budgeting. Others grapple with self-control, driven by the
The exchange … with Prescient China’s Tian Pan
September was a bonanza for punters in Chinese stocks – thanks to promises of a whatever-it-takes stimulus package by the Chinese authorities. Only, perhaps,
The glass is half full
It’s nearly 100 years since Tommy Armour won golf’s first Open Championship ever held at Carnoustie. Since then, there have been seven other champions
Can Boxer KO retail rivals?
It was a big number bonanza last week, when Boxer invited South Africa’s analyst community for a six-hour tinkerfest under the retailer’s metaphorical hood,
How Capitec’s ‘seven dwarfs’ built a banking behemoth
When Riaan Stassen and the executive team from Boland Bank arrived at Stellenbosch’s Techno Park, the microlenders of the entity that would soon become
Why Pick n Pay investor snub could backfire
When you’re drowning in debt and every day represents another few million rands in crippling interest charges or another store closure, it’s probably difficult
The great Anglo American semigration
There was a lighter moment at the Joburg Mining Indaba last week that was deeply illustrative of the angst in South Africa over Anglo
Markus did the crime – now this man is doing the time
All of a sudden, prosecutors have got serious about Steinhoff. For seven years after the retailer imploded in December 2017, having copped to “accounting
Capitec: Everything, all at once
A quarter of a century ago, Henk Lourens was in charge of acquisitions at the PSG arm that would later grow into Capitec. His
Aspen: Still a case of ‘when’, not ‘if’?
The least favourite part of Aspen CEO Stephen Saad’s job, it seems, is delivering the firm’s twice-yearly results presentations. It’s hard to blame him