Banks Act gives Prudential Authority unconstitutional powers over banks
by GARY MOOREJOHANNESBURG - THE 1990 Banks Act stipulates how registered banks must conduct their business of taking deposits from the public. The Banks Act also prohibits the con ...
Read More »Opinion & Analysis: Tough times for illegal foreigners in SA
by LUKE MONTEGOMERY ZUNGAJOHANNESBURG - SOUTH Africa is showing renewed determination to chase down undocumented immigrants. Border Management Authority (BMA) guards to secure Sou ...
Read More »Analysis, Championing liberty: The essence of market liberalism
by JAMES PERONJOHANNESBURG - MARKET liberalism establishes a basic principle for how people should deal with one another: all interaction should be by mutual consent. James Peron, ...
Read More »Analysis: Why a BRICS currency?
by RICHARD J GRANTJOHANNESBURG - IT is not obvious that the creation of a Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) currency was anyone's first choice. Dr. Richard J G ...
Read More »Top US business executives in Beijing – what it means for Africa
by LUKE MONTGOMERY ZUNGA JOHANNESBURG - IN planning long term development - the entry point is to lay required infrastructure. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Li welcomes Raj Subram ...
Read More »ANALYSIS: The opening of parliament – toying and froing
by LUKE MONTGOMERY ZUNGACAPE TOWN – THE Parliament of the seventh administration of South Africa opened last week with grandeur and fanfare. South Africa's theatre of polit ...
Read More »ANALYSIS: Lifeline to save Tongaat Hulett’s future
by KOBUS LAUBSCHERDURBAN - IT appears that there is still light at the end of the tunnel in the Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL) saga, following a major development for the beleaguere ...
Read More »ANALYSIS: The centre left wins in British election
by LUKE MONTGOMERY ZUNGAJOHANNESBURG - SIR Keir Rodney Starmer of the Labour Party won a landslide victory in the United Kingdom (UK) elections. British Prime Minister, Keir Rodne ...
Read More »Tripartite of ANC, SACP and COSATU buried
by LUKE MONTGOMERY ZUNGAJOHANNESBURG - SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been inaugurated. What next for the tripartite members? ANC, COSATU, SACP alliance partne ...
Read More »The price of populism? – the rule of law, economic freedom & social progress
by MARTIN VAN STADENJOHANNESBURG - THE results are in. The African National Congress has attained 39% of the vote, the Democratic Alliance (DA) 21%, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) 14%, an ...
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