This time last year, the Rand was the world’s best performing currency, today, just 12 months later, it’s the worst.   It’s a demonstration of how fast things can change in a competitive global environment. Investors with better options quickly move money to where it delivers the best, lowest risk returns.   Countries that provide…

South Africa’s biggest single crisis right now is to stabilise energy supply. Without sufficient energy, there can be no growth and no economic recovery.   The power crisis, foreseen a quarter of a century ago, and in full force for the past 15 years, is contributing significantly to loss of domestic and international confidence in…

So what is the worst job in the world? There are a surprisingly large number of contenders.    The Oxford English Dictionary incurred the wrath of the worlds’ biggest fast-food chain in 2001 when it included for the first time a single word whose meaning: “low-paid job with few prospects” was defined as “McJob”. Mc…

A man walks down a beach and sees thousands of starfish washed up. It will not be long, and they will all be dead. As he walks along the waterline, he occasionally bends over, picks one up and gently puts it back in the water.   “What are you doing?” asks a bemused passer-by. “Why…