Archive for August, 2008

Homecomer

Saturday, August 30th, 2008 Posted in Diaspora | No Comments »

Tania Thiel writes: Fellow South Africans need to know that people are actually moving back to South Africa. After more than 2 years in Australia we are moving back and there ... Read more..

Africa Rises

Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Investment | No Comments »

From today's Washington Post: "Foreign investment is pouring into the continent at unprecedented rates, doubling in recent years to around $39 billion, according to U.N. figures. In recent months, some ... Read more..

A Good Definition of Ubuntu

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Observations | No Comments »

“Humanity,” wrote the Roman public intellectual Seneca in the first century, “is the quality which stops one being arrogant towards one’s fellows, or being acrimonious. In words, in actions, in ... Read more..

Upward Mobility

Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

The South African middle class grows -- a graphic from the current issue of Financial Mail. Story here. Read more..

Hiatus

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Oprah Winfrey Show goes on hiatus in the northern summer months. BSA blog, while not yet in the same league, is taking a break until August 25. Read more..

Mobius Tip

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in How we're seen | No Comments »

Mark Mobius thinks SA companies are well-run and trading at nice prices. Read more..

Better Late than Never

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in How we're seen | No Comments »

John Mauldin is the Dallas-based president of Millennium Wave Advisers, an investment advisory firm, and a frequent visitor to SA. Last December, he was one of the US investors Jacob ... Read more..

Fore Taste

Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Bloggers, Podcasts | No Comments »

Coming soon: a website -- golferwines.com -- dedicated to selling wines from the estates of SA's top golfers, including David Frost, Ernie Els andf Gary Player, to US oenophiles. Click ... Read more..

Airwaves Rave

Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | No Comments »

Dining Around is a San Francisco instititution. It's a weekly radio show hosted by Gene Burns every Saturday morning on KGO Newstalk. We got a call on Friday from Burn's ... Read more..