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Podcast 📣 Can the DA be South Africa’s largest party?

Can the DA be South Africa’s largest party?Merchant banker Mark Barnes and journalist Tim Cohen discuss this question, only somewhat cynically, with special guest Ryan Coetzee.

By Tim Cohen · Apr 15, 2026

Loose Canon💥 History is the nation’s favourite bedtime story

One of the biggest problems with how history is taught at school is that it's very backward looking. Seriously. 

By Tim Cohen · Apr 12, 2026

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Podcast 📣 The War and the Markets

What will the effects and consequences be for the conflicts developing in the Middle East? Big questions!

By Tim Cohen · Apr 8, 2026

Loose Canon💥 The dagger is back on the table: the return of Machiavelli

Why has assassination has wandered back into respectability - if it actually has.

By Tim Cohen · Apr 6, 2026

Podcast 📣 Motsepe for President!

Investment banker Mark Barnes and Currency’s Tim Cohen. They gallop through the week’s events, offering thoughts, opinions, and perspectives on South African and international affairs.

By Tim Cohen · Apr 1, 2026

Loose Canon💥 Nations that build and nations that brood - South Africa and the burden of living in the past tense.

If its true that life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards, why is South African so stuck in the past?

By Tim Cohen · Mar 29, 2026

Loose Canon💥 The curious intersection of Zuma-ism and Trump-ism

There is an old proverb that a fish rots from the head. It stands in as a wonderfully economical political theory. Entire

By Tim Cohen · Mar 15, 2026

Loose Canon💥 The missing miracle: How South Africa and Northern Ireland might have provided a road to peace in Iran - but didn’t.

What if US has further radicalised the Iranian regime rather than eliminating it?

By Tim Cohen · Mar 8, 2026