Travis Robson

"The idea that a nation can tax itself into prosperity is one of the crudest delusions which ever fuddled the human mind." Winston Churchill

@simsilwana My indicators of development are not street name changes. They are about water and electricity, service delivery, jobs, economic growth. So long as you cannot deliver on any of the former, don’t expect citizens to vote for you because of a name change of a street.

AfriForum crunched the numbers to inform the public what % of the price you pay at the pump is just taxes and levies:

@SikonathiM @zamarcashton @News24_Business No doubt a trip to Cape Town. Rich foreigners getting squeezed- better options in alternative destinations

OPINION | F1 boss refuses to pay R480k for extra day in SA as even the rich revolt news24.com/business/opini… via @News24_Business

Insightful session at the #FSCAIndustryConference2026 on the state of SA financial markets. Clear focus on balancing innovation, competition, and market integrity. 🇿🇦 #FinancialMarkets #Fintech

@gugumfuphi What’s the reason?

African Bank CEO Kennedy Bhungane steps down with immediate effect. sharenet.co.za/v3/sens_displa…

Iran just fired missiles at five countries simultaneously. Here is what actually happened to each of them. Bahrain. Confirmed hit on the US Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters. Bahrain’s own state news agency reported the strike. No casualty figures released yet. This is the command center for every American naval operation in the Persian Gulf. It was struck. UAE. Multiple missiles intercepted by Emirati air defenses. One civilian killed in Abu Dhabi from falling debris. The UAE defense ministry confirmed the intercepts. The Emirates just absorbed an act of war on its sovereign territory from a country it shares a maritime border with. Qatar. Missile intercepted. Zero damage. The Qatari Interior Ministry confirmed. The same country Iran just attacked is the country that hosted Al Udeid for twenty years as a gesture of regional balance. That balance ended this morning. Kuwait. KUNA state news agency confirmed missiles were “dealt with” in Kuwaiti airspace. No reported damage. Kuwait, which stayed neutral through every Gulf crisis since 1991, just had Iranian ballistic missiles flying over its cities. Jordan. Two Iranian ballistic missiles shot down by Jordanian military. Confirmed by the Jordanian armed forces directly. Jordan intercepted Iranian missiles in June 2025 as well. That was in defense of Israel. This time Iran targeted Jordan itself. Saudi Arabia. Fars News claims strikes. No confirmation from any Saudi source. No Tier 1 or Tier 2 verification. Either it did not happen or Riyadh is not yet ready to say it did. Both possibilities carry enormous implications. Now understand what Iran just accomplished strategically. In attempting to retaliate against Israel and America, the IRGC fired missiles at six sovereign nations in a single morning. Not one of those nations attacked Iran. Bahrain did not bomb Tehran. The UAE did not launch strikes on Isfahan. Qatar hosted diplomatic back channels. Kuwait maintained neutrality for three decades. Jordan was mediating. Iran just converted every neutral and semi-neutral state in the Gulf into a potential co-belligerent. Every nation whose airspace was violated, whose civilians were killed, whose sovereignty was breached now has legal and political justification to join whatever coalition forms next. And the damage tells the real story. One civilian dead from debris. Intercepts across four countries. No confirmed destruction of any US military asset. No reported American casualties among 40,000 troops in theater. Iran fired at the entire Gulf and the Gulf caught almost everything. Compare this to what Israel did to Tehran this morning. Precision strikes on the IRGC Intelligence Directorate. Explosions near the Supreme Leader’s office. Three detonations in central Tehran confirmed by Iranian state media itself. One side hit what it aimed at. The other side hit one civilian with debris. This is the asymmetry that will define the next 72 hours. Iran demonstrated intent to strike everywhere and capability to hit almost nothing. The Gulf states demonstrated they can defend themselves. And now those states must decide whether the country that just fired ballistic missiles across their borders gets to do it again. They will not let it happen again. Watch for the joint statement. Watch for airspace coordination between Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Manama, and Kuwait City. Watch for the coalition that Iran just built against itself with a single salvo. Iran did not retaliate against Israel this morning. Iran gave every country in the Middle East a reason to retaliate against Iran.

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Starlink is not allowed to have an Internet provider license in South Africa for the sole reason that I am not Black. This is not ok.

Hi @Discovery_SA bank - are you experiencing issues with your banking app. Been getting this message all day trying to login?

Average waiting time for a @Fastway_SA agent is +10min - nothing fast about their speed to answer unfortunately

Hi @Fastway_SA really challenging to get hold f you to follow up on a delivery. Was due for last week and then moved out to today for some reason and had zero response on delivery time

Closed the final meeting of the year here in Cape Town yesterday - There’s a particular clarity that comes from ending one cycle with the Atlantic horizon already tracing the next. Ready for a bit of a break and for what lies ahead in 2026.

@BDliveSA I’m confident…. Man looks tired

Makate speaks about the litigation against UK investor Errol Elsdon who wants 40% of his pay out. Read the full story by Sinesipho Schrieber here 👇: businessday.co.za/news/law/2025-…

@JohannBiermann1 Ucook 🤣

Living alone. Getting hungry. Being bored.

@SimonPB What’s with the rationale of listing on a random Thursday?

Cell C is listing today IPO price was 2650c JSE code is CCD

@zamarcashton A proper result from SA 👌🏻

Yoh!

@SabeloChalufu Given the money we have spent on SAA over the years, taxpayers should be able to travel on this airline for free for its entire existence

“Graceful and powerful.” We cannot (afford to) give up on the State! It is in our economic and developmental interests to make sure SAA not only functions. It must thrive!

I'm not anti rewards programmes... The mistake people make is to select specific products only for the reward, rather than ensuring the product matches their needs or provides value without the rewards. enca.com/videos/money-m…

@FinanceGhost Next try Saint opp JSE on Maude Street

Ok, if I lived in Jolburg, I would bankrupt myself at Marble. Absolutely world-class food and experience. First time eating here and it totally lives up to the hype. Bonus for sitting at the chef view table and enjoying so many talented people working in harmony! 10/10