Flying – like insurance is a grudge purchase

Flying – like insurance is a grudge purchase

Flying – like insurance is increasingly a grudge purchaseI can say without fear of contradiction that flying has lost its...

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Pick n Pay hires pensioner as CEO

Pick n Pay hires pensioner as CEO

South Africa's once-dominant food retailer Pick n Pay has gone back to the future and hired a former CEO, who at...

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The man who brought global super marketing principles to South Africa – Raymond Ackerman

The man who brought global super marketing principles to South Africa – Raymond Ackerman

The man who brought global super marketing principles to South Africa has died. Raymond Ackerman bought four small Cape Town...

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20 years of financial journalism

20 years of financial journalism

I’d worked in radio as a general news reporter and (far too young) as an editor in South Africa and...

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TedX – What if banks incentivised climate action?

TedX – What if banks incentivised climate action?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMNKTiwMw9EIn this thought-provoking talk, journalist and author Bruce Whitfield examines the "poacher turned gamekeeper" approach pioneered by Rwanda's former game...

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Strategic Opportunism

Strategic Opportunism

My dad’s name was Albert. Bert for short.There was a reason his older grandchildren named him “Bert the Flirt.” He...

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Is it luck?

Is it luck?

My wife’s ability to secure prime parking spots is extremely annoying.She will land a great spot no matter how busy...

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Getting Lucky

Getting Lucky

Before directing and producing movies including Invictus, Million Dollar Baby, Sully and American Sniper, Clint Eastwood was a Hollywood star...

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Brands that are boxing above their weight

Brands that are boxing above their weight

South African brands are boxing above their weight everywhere and it’s apparent from mails I have received from many of...

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Genius: The podcast series

Genius: The podcast series

The world is suddenly less certain than it might have appeared to be five years ago. Global uncertainties abound.  Economies...

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How to Get Lucky: Where Strategy, Opportunism and Grit Collide

How to Get Lucky: Where Strategy, Opportunism and Grit Collide

Financial journalist and broadcaster Bruce Whitfield has spent nearly 25 years studying companies and those who lead them. He is...

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What I have learned from Tashas

What I have learned from Tashas

Never underestimate the power of a passion project to alter the trajectory of your life. Natasha Sideris started Tasha’s as...

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