Garth Theunissen

The folly of having a first world inflation target in a third world economy news24.com/business/opini…

Magda Wierzycka issues dire, dystopian AI warning news24.com/business/compa…

Translation: Mercedes-Benz is considering selling its SA manufacturing plant to GWM as it looks to get the hell out of Dodge.

A month ago two rate cuts in SA was a given for 2026. Today everyone is worried about rate hikes after the ZAR hit R16.90/$ and oil reached $118/barrel. If only someone had warned that you can’t have a 1st world inflation target in a 3rd world economy 🤔 news24.com/business/opini…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says South Africa’s immigration system was effectively turned into a “marketplace”, with permits and visas allegedly sold to the highest bidder. enca.com/news-top-stori…

The News24 special projects team has put together a comprehensive platform for everything foot-and-mouth related in SA specialprojects.news24.com/inside-sas-foo…

An outline of the system-wide failures that led to South Africa’s current foot-and-mouth disease crisis news24.com/opinions/analy…

The Reserve Bank has outlined its plan to replace the prime lending rate news24.com/business/compa…

Why would the US demand that Denmark allow Greenland to become a US-held nation? If it simply wanted what was under the ground, like its rare earths, the US could have just as easily entered negotiations to mine its resources. Why Greenland Matters: geopoliticalfutures.com/why-greenland-…

The beautiful, vacuous chaos of Davos news24.com/business/opini…

Namibia is ‘very angry’: Lesotho Highlands Water Project is reducing flow of the Orange River news24.com/business/clima…

Why Investec is building a fortress banking unit in Switzerland to service its high net worth clients news24.com/business/compa…

“Snow is our oil”: Meet Switzerland’s godfather of snow polo news24.com/business/compa…

When you ask the financial sector where the prime rate comes from

The 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland gets underway today. Here’s a quick preview on what to expect with Investec’s chief investment strategist Chris Holdsworth.

@gregsalterjhb @News24 They’ve entirely passed the buck and referred me back to the banking industry for comment.

@News24 @WriteGarth FNB moved their Prime Rate to a 325 basis point spread in August 2004. Reporting at the time was that SARB Governor Mboweni did not want confusion and insisted on a 350 basis point spread. FNB reversed their decision in response to SARB pressure. SARB should surely clarify?

The Competition Commission has confirmed that its investigation into cartel behaviour related to the prime lending rate is at an “advanced stage”. | @WriteGarth brnw.ch/21wZ4Qb

The Competition Commission has confirmed to News24 that it has an open investigation into SA banks’ use of the prime lending rate, which is at an “advanced stage” news24.com/business/compa…

@grok Read the entire Zondo commission report and say which 5 persons would be the easiest to convict in an SA court based on existing evidence

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