Moments of Clarity
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Discovery's Tswelo Kodisang: Factual information our staff go-to source for family, friends
A taster from the interview with Tswelo Kodisang for Discovery's internal podcast on Inside Covid-19
Ettienne le Roux: SA faces "unprecedented" economic challenges
With SA's Business Confidence Index dropping to a mere five points (of a possible 100) in the second quarter of 2020, calling tough times ahead is an understatement. In this Moment of Clarity, RMB's chief economist explains how the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown has knocked confidence to less…
Dr Ron Whelan: Global context on W Cape, SA's Covid-19 hotspot
The Western Cape has been hit seven times harder by the coronavirus than South Africa's national average. In this Moment of Clarity, Discovery Health's chief commercial officer Dr Ron Whelan puts the high deaths in the country's hotspot into a global context.
Leon Louw: DG's intoxicated by their lockdown power - but there may be a bright side
In this Moment of Clarity, constitutional lawyer and CEO of the Free Market Foundation Leon Louw explains how there may well be a welcome consequence for widely condemned contradictary reglations implemented during SA's lockdown
Epidemiologist Dr Jo Barnes: SA's senseless lockdown regulations caused secondary crises.
In this Moment of Clarity, Stellenbosch University Medical School epidemiologist Dr Jo Barnes explains how many regulations thought up by politicians aren't just dumb - some have actually caused secondary crises by stimulating illicit trade and causing needless hunger.
Nick Hudson: First they forecast 375 000 deaths, now 40 000, actual 10 000 - SA's Covid-19 modellers have lots to answer
In this Moment of Clarity, co-ordinator of PANDA Nick Hudson believes the South African economy was sold down the river by scare-mongering Covid-19 models that massively exaggerated mortality rates. He calls on those behind the models to belatedly acquire open minds and re-assess their assumptions which he reckons have needlessly…
Shadrack Sibiya: Black tobacco farmers pushed into bankruptcy by politicians benefitting from illicit proceeds
In this honest and hard-hitting Moment of Clarity, the chairman of the association of Black tobacco farmers says the Government's ban leaves an obvious conclusion - politicians are in bed with the criminals who are benefitting from selling their illicit cigarettes to millions of addicted smokers. Shadrack Sibiya pulls no…
David Shapiro: Covid-19 has accelerated capital's move to digital, especially on the JSE
In this week's Rational Radio podcast, SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro referred to analysis he has done on the performance of JSE-listed shares through the Covid-19 crisis. In this Moment of Clarity his verdict is clear: Money is moving rapidly to the New Digital World.
Russell Lamberti - Here's what happens to investments if SA heads the Zimbabwe, Venezuela route
During this week's Rational Radio podcast, ETM macro advisors' founder Russell Lamberti explained what kind of a place South Africa would become if the ANC's trolls got their hands on the SA Reserve Bank's printing presses - sending the country the way of Zimbabwe and Venezuela. In this Moment of…
Harvard Medical icon Prof William Haseltine: Tip for SA - don't rely on a vaccine
Dr William Haseltine's career spans more than forty years at the forefront of medical research and application during which he educated a generation of scientists and physicians at Harvard Medical School, designed the strategy to develop the first treatment for HIV/AIDS, and led the team that pioneered the development of…
Graham Raynor: Why PMB-made ventilators will go to the USA - and not SA
Graham Raynor of Clifford Machines and Technology in Pietermaritzburg is in the process of lodging the company's top quality ventilator in the US where authorities have fast tracked the approval process. In South Africa, where tens of thousands of respirators will be needed to meet an expected spike in Covid-19…
Iain Ambler: Why SA's insane ventilator-sourcing regulations makes my head want to explode
Dusting off and modernising the blueprints of its Africa-customised ventilator was the easy part for Pietermaritzburg-based Clifford Machines. Actually getting a licence to make the life-saving equipment that is so desperately needed in the war against Covid-19 has been "like walking through mud." Iain Ambler's company stopped making the respirators…
Prof Corne' van Walbeek: Data proves the pointless ban on cigarettes is costing SA taxpayer billions.
With Covid-19 costing the country a cool R500bn (about half what is raised annually in taxes), South Africans are going to face a massive bill when the fog of this war finally clears. To add insult to taxpayers' injury, a senseless ban on the sale of cigarettes is costing Treasury…
Anton Ossip: Adapt to protect yourself. Criminal behaviour has changed in lockdown.
Like Covid-19, the scourge of crime did not disappear with SA's lockdown. Criminals are as active as ever - except that they've also changed their behaviour in line with the new environment. In this Moment of Clarity, Anton Ossip, CEO of Discovery Insure, shares what data on his company's 240…
John Dludlu: All small business asks of Government is: Please treat us like adults
The Small Business Institute is becoming an increasingly vocal representative for enterprises that employ more than 3.9m South Africans. In this Moment of Clarity, the SBI's chief executive John Dludlu provides the thrust of his open letter to SA president Cyril Ramaphosa that's now gone viral: Please treat us like…
Grace Harding: If Cyril keeps us closed until September, SA's 7 000 restaurants won't make it
On the ground, the sheer scale of the economic disaster SA faces as a result of the most restrictive Covid-19 lockdown on earth is increasingly obvious. In a Moment of Clarity, Grace Harding, CEO of the 152 store Ocean Basket chain, describes the impact on her sector as "catastrophic". Government…
John Steenhuisen - A moment of truth looms for Cyril Ramaphosa: Growth or pandered destruction.
A moment of clarity from the leader of South Africa's official opposition political party who describes Covid-19 as the hill, but the economy the mountain. The leader of the Democratic Alliance reckons the real battle is still to come, and that if the president chooses policies promoting economic growth over…
Nobel prizewinner Prof Michael Levitt on why SA Govt applies irrational lockdown rules
From attempted arrests of three year olds to fuelling the counterfeit tobacco and alcohol markets, South Africa's often ridiculous lockdown regulations have had many nasty consequences. Providing us with a Moment of Clarity, Pretoria-born Stanford professor Michael Levitt explains why, despite the irrationality, SA's government persists with this apparent idiocy.