Tag: wealthy
Time for wealthy taxpayers to look offshore?
‘WE owe a lot of people a lot of money.’ That blunt, ominous statement by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in his 2021 budget speech shows the deep financial hole the South African economy is...
Some truly acrobatic thieves leapt on the gravy train
The notion that profit is theft is popular in some quarters. It’s the insult often hurled at the business community when alleging that the free market is a skewed economic system....
‘Abductions of wealthy businessmen will scare investors’
The rise in kidnappings of wealthy businessmen for ransom could have a negative impact on the economy because future investors could be scared away, says Martin Ewi, a senior researcher with...