Apr 12, 2017 06:47 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
JPY has broadly appreciated against the major currencies. The Japanese currency has reached the highest levels since last November both against USD and trade-weighted terms (refer above chart). After the FOMC...
Work contracts are a complex web of social and cultural dynamics
Apr 11, 2017 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
-Psychological contracts in the workplace are fragile bonds. This is true all over the world. In South Africa they come with their own set of unique challenges largely due to the countrys history of racial...
Hungary’s assault on academic freedom is a threat to European principles
Apr 11, 2017 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Tens of thousands of people recently demonstrated in the Hungarian capital of Budapest against attempts by their government to close the Central European University (CEU). This was the second large-scale demonstration...
Britain's massive unclaimed benefits failure – and how to fix it
Apr 11, 2017 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
With the new tax year now underway in the UK, its time to familiarise yourself with any changes to the social security system. But one constant that also deserves your attention is unclaimed benefits a huge and largely...
Could Spanish mass 'eat and run' incidents actually be a protest against inequality?
Apr 11, 2017 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Waiters and restaurateurs across Europe could be forgiven for being a little quick with the bill, after large-scale eat and run incidents in Spain have left two restaurants thousands of euros out of pocket. In what the...
Nuclear power safer is set to get a lot safer (and cheaper) – here's why
Apr 11, 2017 13:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
High-profile disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima have given nuclear power a bad name. Despite 60 years of nuclear generation without major accidents in many countries including Britain and France, many people have...
Here's how Doctor Who's time machine measures up with real instruments of space and time
Apr 11, 2017 13:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Theres no denying that weve seen some absolutely staggering accomplishments in physics in the past year or so, particularly in our ability to measure space and time with unprecedented levels of detail. But being a lifelong...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects