When the rich get richer they pay little tax on the gains
Jan 07, 2016 01:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
Should we tax the capital income people receive from their investments or property? This may seem a strange question - dont we already? But the answer is that due to exemptions, we collect virtually nothing when people...
Real or not, North Korea's 'h-bomb' is part of a well-planned agenda
Jan 07, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
North Koreas announcement that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb was met with shock and surprise around the world but there have been months of indications that something in just this vein was on the way. Kim...
North Korea tests again: the ritual of Korean Peninsula nuclear politics
Jan 07, 2016 00:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Wednesday, January 6, the North Korean government announced it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test. This followed North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns December 2015 proclamation that the country had perfected the hydrogen...
What final exam results reveal about South Africa's school system
Jan 06, 2016 14:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
South Africas Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced on January 5 that 70.7% of the countrys matrics learners who wrote their final Grade 12 exams in 2015 passed. Some can now apply for hotly contested...
Crowdfunding cool fuels its growth but investors risk a sting in the tail
Jan 06, 2016 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Crowdfunding has rapidly emerged as an alternative source of financing for start-ups and new ventures. From artistic endeavours such as Marina Abramovics Institute project to new tech like the Oculus Rift virtual reality...
Forget Putin's global posturing – Russia's biggest challenges for 2016 are domestic
Jan 06, 2016 14:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views
After a remarkably fraught and complicated 2015, Vladimir Putins Russia finds itself still sanctioned by the West for its conduct in Ukraine, dogged by falling oil prices and dicing with a deadly conflict in Syria. And its...
Spot FX volumes directly correlate with implied volatilities in 2015, likely to continue in 2016
Jan 06, 2016 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The FX volumes will have close correlation with macroeconomic theme that in turn will have impact on OTC markets. We think there is vital aspect between RORO and FX volumes, when Risk-on Risk-offillustrates investing a...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects