Tim Cohen

1 day ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Tim Cohen

BUSINESS REFLECTION   Protesters march through the streets during the Peoples Land March on August 23, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.

2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Tim Cohen

BUSINESS REFLECTION Farmers picket in support of an executive order by US President Donald Trump granting Afrikaners refugee status in the US, outside the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, 15 February 2025. (Photo: EPA-EFE/ KIM LUDBROOK) As 49 Afrikaners board a US State Department jet in search of refuge, one can't help but wonder if we should pity their plight or envy their escape, especially when their departure coincides with a triumphant, multiracial South African athletics team that...

1 week ago | currencynews.co.za | Tim Cohen

Apart from gold, the shares to be in since the start of the year have been the cellphone network operators, and one of the biggest turnarounds has been MTN, which is up almost 26% this year so far. Yet over a longer period, MTN has been the share that has flattered to deceive. Is now the time to take the call? It’s just possible that the people most surprised by the jump in the share prices of cellphone network operators this year might be the operators themselves.

1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Tim Cohen

It’s something of a curiosity why SA, which has very strict rules on drunk driving, seat belts and speeding, doesn’t seem to be making progress in making the roads safer. The biggest problem with driving in South Africa is that local drivers tend to regard traffic rules as suggestions rather than laws. In a lot of places in SA, particularly taxi drivers don’t even rise to that level of mental attitude, and you can see that by the way taxi drivers don’t even slow down for red robots late at night.

1 week ago | currencynews.co.za | Tim Cohen

The South African hedge fund industry has been on a roll over the past five years. This April, investors may have hoped their portfolios would show the resilience promised in marketing brochures – especially in the face of the steep, sudden selloff that followed US President Donald Trump’s tariff bombshell. So how did they do? Pretty well, all things considered — but, as with all fund comparisons, it’s more complicated than it seems.