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The gold miners’ curse

08 May 2009 | The Stage

Modern civilisation is obsessed with wealth. There’s something in the Anglo-Saxon culture that demands the continued accumulation of capital goods, regardless of cost. That’s why growth in household debt outstrips (or at least matches) growth in household

What’s in the bag? Shoppers pass judgement on South Africa Inc

17 April 2009 | Straight Talk

You can learn a great deal by spending some time at one of the country’s major shopping malls. A close analysis of consumer behaviour will quickly betray a misfire in the country’s economic engine. And it’s just such a problem that the latest figures from

“Oh what a wicked web we weave!” A comment on Elections 2009

17 April 2009 | The Stage

On 22 April 2009 South Africans will flock to the polls to choose the party they feel is best suited to run the country for the next five years. And there is no shortage of political parties canvassing their support. The Independent Electoral Commission

On super-ombudsman and issues of short-term complaint transparency

17 April 2009 | Featured Story

A week or two after the release of the Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance (OSTI) 2008 Annual Report we travelled to Johannesburg to spend some time with Ombudsman, Brian Martin. In our half-hour discussion we touched on a wide range of challenges in the s

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Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

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Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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