Dem Stones
Live by the stone, retreat quickly in your cozy SUV by the stone. Or something like that. Last week COSATU’s Communist-in-Chief Zwelinzima Vavi got pelted by stones by disgruntled mine workers....
View ArticleYour Morning Comic Relief
Mark Dow says It’s Time To Tell Paulson, Bernanke, And Geithner: You Were Right And We Were Wrong — Thank You For Saving The Economy. by
View ArticleThe Currency War for Dummies
My new article out on www.mises.co.za. The world is in a currency war. What is that? It’s when governments devalue their currencies in order to protect domestic industries against foreign competition....
View ArticleBurgernomics Interview with Moneyweb
Listen or read the transcript of the interview I did with Hilton Tarrant of Moneyweb on the SAfm Market Update on Friday afternoon, here. The two posts Hilton refers to in the interview is this one...
View ArticleMoneyweb Interview on Price Inflation Data
I was on SAfm Market Update with Hilton Tarrant yesterday afternoon to discuss Stats SA’s consumer price index data (inflation data) and what it means. Listen to the interview or read the transcript...
View ArticleThe Retail Boom in SA
I’ve written about the consumer and retail boom in South Africa many times in recent years – most recently in “SA Mining at ‘Breaking Point’”, “South Africa’s Regressing Economy”, and “Impact of Real...
View ArticleStats SA Food Prices vs Actual Food Prices
Earlier this week, Statistics SA announced in the CPI release that food prices climbed 3.5% in December from a year ago. According to prices that we track at ETM Analytics at four major retailers in...
View ArticleInterview with CNBC Africa on Rand, Price Inflation
I spoke to Lindsay Williams on CNBC Africa’s Business Tonight this week (Jan 20, 2014) where we discussed the price inflation environment in South Africa and what it means for the economy. Video after...
View ArticleInterview With SAfm About Food Price Inflation
I spoke to Hilton Tarrant (@hiltontarrant) about food price inflation in South Africa yesterday afternoon on SAfm market update. It was a pretty packed interview – we covered a lot of ground and I got...
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