The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) may have a measure of unlikely sympathy from Investec, one of the country’s champions of private capital, after the trade union federation called for Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni to be replaced. While Investec has not gone so far as to call for a new governor to […]
Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins is a freelance writer concentrating on economics, business and politics. Robbins was previously a senior financial journalist at Independent Newspapers’ Business Report, focusing on the performance of the retail sector (though his intimate knowledge of the features of beauty products is strictly recreational). In his past he has immersed himself in most genres of journalism, including travel writing that wouldn’t fit in a tour operator’s brochure. Robbins has a growing interest in food writing, though Nigella Lawson makes him ill.
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Mkhize appointment a blow to university’s reputation
The recent appointment of KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize — a key supporter of President Jacob Zuma — as chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) will only further damage the institution’s already shattered reputation. In the space of a little more than five years this university has gone from having a judge respected for his […]