Tim Cohen

The new version of the King Code, King V, is out for public comment. It’s a curious moment for

Foreign policy is often so carefully hedged and circumspect and subsumed by niceties, that it's hard to follow.

So ... little joke. A sovereign wealth fund walks into a bar and the bartender says,  “What’ll it be?” The

Stand Up! BusinessInvestment banker Mark Barnes and Business Maverick editor Tim Cohen unwrap the news. A new edition of StandUp!

One of the most extraordinary aspects of Budget 2025 was how little work Treasury had done on the expenditure side

Thank goodness for the occasional hot mic. What politicians say all over the world is now so scripted, and controlled,

his year at the World Economic Forum there was a fascinating interaction between South Africa’s Reserve Bank governor Lesetja

Or... why is reducing the size of government becoming a vote-winner? If there was an iconic image of elections worldwide

or observers of international news, the past three weeks have felt like a never-ending series of shock waves with each

President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday offering to resettle Afrikaner “refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination” invites the question:

After the Bell: What would positive SA land ownership legislation look like?In order to confiscate land, the Constitution had

What should South Africa do in the face of the sudden emergence of the two-headed Musk/Trump hydra from the