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ICYMI 🔔 After the Bell: Rare earth’s revenge – digging your way out of geopolitics

How do you deal with US President Donald Trump? I have a plan. Hold on to your hats. It’s a biggie.

By Tim Cohen · Apr 18, 2025

ICYMI 🔔 After the Bell: Tariffs, treasuries, turmoil, Trump — a meme macroeconomics masterclass

The stock market has been on an absolutely unique set of wild swings over the past two weeks. For everybody invested in

By Tim Cohen · Apr 16, 2025

ICYMI 🔔 After the Bell: How should Africa respond to Trump’s Tariff Tantrum?

One of the oddities of life, I find, is that often the best option in a crisis is to do nothing. It

By Tim Cohen · Apr 11, 2025

I.am.not.making.this.up💥: Father, son, and an almighty holy mess - Trump, Musk, and the psychology of power

Where would the world be without amateur psychology? The true art of amateur psychology is to affix your father's face

By Tim Cohen · Apr 10, 2025

ICYMI 💥 After the Bell: Did the DA inadvertently touch the ANC on its studio?

For those who are unfamiliar with the term “Don’t touch me on my studio”, it goes back quite a way to

By Tim Cohen · Apr 8, 2025

Trump, tariff, Lesotho, golf shirts

ICYMI 🔔 After the Bell: Trump slaps 50% tariff on Trump shirts

There are just so many heaps of ironies and stupidities about the Trump Tariff Tantrum, but none more so than the fact

By Tim Cohen · Apr 7, 2025

ICYMI: 🔔 After the Bell: The difference between a fiscal framework and a fiscal rule

It’s been a tense few days in SA’s latest iteration of our democratic dispensation and the dust hasn’t exactly

By Tim Cohen · Apr 4, 2025

ICYMI:🔔 After the Bell: Making the grade — how Makhanda turned the tide on educational failure

As we all know, the performance of South Africa’s education system really sucks. But not everywhere. There are places of outperformance;

By Tim Cohen · Apr 2, 2025