2023年1月23日 · Ivermectin and its use as a treatment for COVID-19 was catapulted to centre stage when the pandemic erased all rhyme and reason in 2020. However, even as the totality of evidence demonstrated Ivermectin’s efficacy, mainstream media and governments across the world dismissed its use based on the absence of randomised control trials.

2024年11月6日 · Peter Major, Director of Mining at Modern Corporate Solutions, discusses challenges facing South Africa’s mining industry. He highlights political volatility in the U.S., Sibanye’s financial performance, and South Africa’s dwindling gold production due to high costs and regulatory burdens.

2024年11月22日 · Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has amassed a record $325 billion cash reserve, signaling caution in an overvalued market. Known for his thoughtful allocation strategy rather than market timing, Buffett adjusts cash levels based on expected long-term returns.

2021年5月6日 · In a recent interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg, Helen Zille spoke openly about her book ‘#Stay woke: Go broke’ and the dangers of ‘wokeness’ and cancel culture in the South African context (see interviews below). “In South Africa – where the ratios are inverted [and] black people are the overwhelming majority – it doesn’t cause any self-reflection about the abuse of …

2024年10月29日 · Volkswagen faces an unprecedented crisis, planning factory closures, job cuts, and wage reductions to stabilize operations. Europe’s largest automaker proposes a 10% wage cut for around 140,000 German workers, fueling unrest.

2024年5月30日 · PwC already lost a handful of Chinese clients in May alone, adding to a list of more than a dozen firms it has stopped auditing in the country in the last two years. China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co., China Merchants Bank Co. and People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Ltd. were among them.

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2025年1月2日 · After years of crippling blackouts, South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom has made significant strides in stabilizing its power grid. With reforms, delayed coal plant retirements, and a $14 billion debt relief plan, the country has experienced months without power outages. Eskom’s recovery is ...

2024年12月13日 · LVMH is best placed to benefit from this shift, generating 25% of its sales from the US in its third quarter. As well as brands such as Dior, Celine and Loewe, it also owns Tiffany & Co. Louis Vuitton has the biggest US store base, according to HSBC Research’s analysis.

2024年9月20日 · The FT’s Simon Kuper highlights the striking parallels between apartheid-era South Africa and modern-day US politics, particularly through figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks, all of whom spent formative years in southern Africa.