Why small producers have big concerns about multinationals joining Fairtrade
May 14, 2017 16:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Fairtrade products and promotions are covered with photos of smiling producers, but behind the marketing gloss not everyone is so happy. Becoming a Fairtrade producer and maintaining required standards can be complex...
The protein gap – nutritional science's biggest error
May 14, 2017 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
In the three decades following World War II it became an almost universal belief of nutritional scientists that protein deficiency was the most serious and widespread dietary deficiency in the world. Improving protein...
White monopoly capital: good politics, bad sociology, worse economics
May 14, 2017 16:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Many would like to consign the polarising debate about white monopoly capitalism (WMC) in South Africa to the margins. They argue that its proponents are nothing more than Marxist ideologues or mischievous political...
New executive order on cybersecurity highlights need for deterrence, protection of key industries
May 14, 2017 16:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
President Trumps new executive order on cybersecurity for federal computer networks and key elements of the countrys infrastructure such as the electricity grid and core communications networks builds meaningfully on the...
James Bond needs a new attitude, not a new actor
May 14, 2017 16:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
As someone who has recently taken to reading Ian Flemings books, I am drawn into the debate surrounding Joanna Lumleys comments about actor Idris Elba not being the James Bond that Fleming created. Film writer Caspar...
The path towards a 'human economy' needs no help from elitist agendas
May 14, 2017 16:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa held recently in Durban saw Oxfam release a paper titled A human economy approach to inclusive growth in Africa. Essentially the paper calls for accountable governments and...
The scandal might be over but LIBOR ethics remain fundamentally flawed
May 13, 2017 03:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
When I was a trader at HSBC, Citibank, Crédit Agricole and Merrill Lynch, being able to accurately predict the the London Interbank Offered Rate (or LIBOR) each day was a central part of my job. It was, and still...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects