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Can a Two-Cent Part Shut Down a Factory?
Can a manufacturing plant really shut down because of a 2-cent part? In American terms, we’re talking about a two-cent part. In South Africa, that would be about 33 cents. Now, a few weeks ago, I came across an interesting article in Industry Week with the headline: “The…
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Black November Boost for Business
For me, the big event at the beginning of November was yesterday 1 November 2026 when Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Formula One World Championship. I’ve supported him since I first saw him drive out onto the track last year. And I was absolutely ecstatic. As he passed the…
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A Diplomatic Catfight: How Hello Kitty Traded Her Backpack for a Spy Trench Coat
By Our Foreign Correspondent We all know Hello Kitty. She is the beloved face of cuddly toys, pens, pencils, suitcases, and kids’ backpacks. But this week, the world’s most famous feline traded her cute accessories for a spy trench coat, landing her squarely in a diplomatic…
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Scarier Things Than Halloween Happening in South Africa
It’s been a difficult month. October has brought its own health challenges, and the weather has been miserable. The winter weather persisted right through to the end of the month. It’s only in the last couple of days that things have finally warmed up. As we’ve said before,…
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Can Johannesburg Be Rebuilt? A Realist’s Notes from a City That Used to Work
I was up in Johannesburg earlier this year, and last December, reading The Citizen and going around the city. What struck me was not just how bad things looked, but whether it would even be possible to rebuild Johannesburg as a city. It seems to me there isn’t the will, and…
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South Africa: From powerhouse to loser nation
South Africa is becoming a loser nation compared with the rapid growth of other African countries. South Africa used to be the powerhouse of the continent, but that all changed. Now the whippersnapper countries in Africa are starting to give it a hiding. Complacency leads to…
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Google Search Engine Changes: Could They Support or Hamper Your Business?
A lot of business people don’t get into finding out about what’s happening with search engines. It’s stuff they leave to their techies. But there are some things business people should know — especially the smaller business person, where reputation and credibility count for a…
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AI is becoming the small business owner’s virtual assistant
I was speaking to a landscape architect yesterday who was very excited about using artificial intelligence to help her prepare quotes and costings for customers. She was enthusiastic about the possibilities, and I could understand why. Preparing quotes can be a time-consuming…
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Monday Morning Reckoning: Who is informing the voters?
With local government elections approaching, it is worth considering where voters are getting their political information. The days when newspapers, radio and television were the principal sources of news are long gone. We now have a multitude of digital platforms, each…
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Kite festival celebrates colour and life
Yesterday I went to the annual Cape Town International Kite Festival, organised by Cape Mental Health at Youngsfield Military Base in Ottery. What a fantastic time I had. I was in my element. I’ve always loved flying kites, ever since I was a child. I remember making my own…
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Space cowboys preparing for an asteroid strike
Articles are surfacing about renewed interest among American scientists in the threat of asteroids hitting Earth. It reminds me of the film Space Cowboys, starring Tommy Lee Jones, about a group of ageing astronauts called out of retirement to deal with a space emergency. If you…
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Living in a bubble has its price
For this Friday business news wrap, we look at a few items that crossed our path this week. The first was my reading of King Rat by James Clavell. At the end of the book, and I don’t want to give away any spoilers, the whole system collapses and people who once had power no ……
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Are clinical psychologists losing business to AI?
So much advice is dished out, not only on the internet and social media, but also by people you meet, who give you all sorts of advice. Then there’s this cringe-worthy advice that radio jocks give. They’re basic homilies, sort of motherhood and apple pie stuff. I mean, really,…