by gbsaadmin | Jul 3, 2015 | Featured, News, Politics, UK, Video, Views
DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, came out of the BBC HardTalk interview, and after questions thrown in his direction, with aplomb. Showing that he is indeed the leader to take the Democratic Alliance forward on the South African political scene. Mmusi Maimane maintains...
by gbsaadmin | Aug 11, 2014 | Asia, Business, Featured, News, Views
South African media group Naspers has done sensationally well out of its investment in the Asian start-up Tencent Holdings. That Hong Kong-listed company has developed into one of China’s three biggest Internet businesses, along with Alibaba and search engine Baidu....
by gbsaadmin | Jul 5, 2013 | Business, Featured, News, Views
The South African government has committed itself to yet another huge handout to state-owned South African Airways. Subsidies for the perennial loss-making airline have already cost taxpayers at least R12 billion (that’s equivalent to about $1.2 billion at current...
by gbsaadmin | Oct 25, 2012 | Featured, News, Views
“The people in our townships, rural areas and squatter camps are bitter [that] democracy has not delivered the fruits that they see a tiny elite enjoying,” says a disenchanted longstanding leader of the South African liberation movement, Jay Naidoo. “Many of the...
