Installs ‘solar orchard’, shares excess power in area fraught by shortages

There really is no arguing that there are huge wealth disparities in SA, so it seems not only morally righteous but also logical and politically pleasing to soak the rich.

The ban on the sale of alcohol has catapulted SA’s non-alcoholic adult drinks industry to a strong growth trajectory, a trend that is expected to continue.

The number of companies in business rescue is set to spike in 2021 as the effects of continued Covid-19 trading restrictions bring businesses that may have held on last year to their knees.

Eleven years ago, out in the cool, coastal waters of Gansbaai on the Western Cape’s Atlantic seaboard, Dr Sara Andreotti was awed by how many great white sharks she would encounter in the white shark capital of the world: 15 a day on average.

Last week judge Dennis Davis was entertaining friends visiting SA from England. The conversation inevitably turned to his proposal for a new range of "lifestyle audits" for the wealthy, to close the tap on the billions vanishing in lost tax revenue.