Roving Report : The new Zimbabwe dollar?
New alleged Zim dollar proof gets leaked on social media Acknowledgements: gemnation.news
Roving Report – The Guardian – Huawei CFO arrested in Canada on suspicion of violating US sanctions
Cell C gets funding from ZTE and Huawei MTN’s network in South Africa is 50% Huawei Openserve and Huawei join forces Vodacom Launches first live NarrowBand IoT Network in Africa Meng Wanzhou faces extradition to the US as Asian shares plunge amid fears of worsening relations between Washington and Beijing Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief…
Roving Report – Australia’s and South Africa’s (un)diplomatic language
Peter Dutton wants Australia to help white South African farmers who he says are facing violence, land seizures Peter Dutton labelled ‘racist’ by Richard Di Natale over call to bring white South African farmers to Australia Peter Dutton’s white South African farmers resettlement gaining momentum Not…
Roving Report – The Zimbabwe Independent : Chinamasa barred from Germany
A DIPLOMATIC rift between European superpowers Britain and Germany over Zimbabwe emerged this week when the British government hosted Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa while the Germans barred him from visiting. This came as Berlin adopts a cautious approach towards the Zimbabwean government, ushered in through a military intervention last year, in line with the European…
Roving Report – Economics and finance at Rolling Alpha
Jayson Coomer writes on (mainly) South African economics and finance and his blog is well worth a read: Follow Jayson Coomer on Twitter @RollingAlpha, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rollingalpha.
Roving Report – The Telegraph – The rise, grim fall and redemption of Johannesburg’s Ponte City skyscraper
Chris Leadbeater, Travel writer We have written on these pages in the past about the allure of “dark tourism”; of that instinct some of us have for seeking locations where disaster has struck, and staring into the void. You can, these days, should you so choose, be guided around Namie, the…
Roving Report – cyril.co.za
Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa cyril.co.za
Roving Report – Moneyweb – The silent tax on SA’s middle class
What, you may ask, has ‘The silent tax on SA’s middle class’ got to to with books in South Africa? Well, it’s the argument put forward by Sasfin deputy chairman, as reported by Moneyweb today (9 Feb 2018) that ‘One of the biggest challenges facing South Africa is its inability to keep pace with the international…
Roving Report – Venezbabwe and Zimzuela
Cash crunch: how Venezuela inadvertently became a cashless economy The country’s economic problems mean low-value bolívar notes have been rendered practically worthless – and now they are in short supply People line up to withdraw cash from an ATM outside a Banco de Venezuela in Caracas. Photograph: Marco Bello/Reuters John Otis in Caracas Thursday 30…
Roving Report – The Guardian – Less than abel reporting? [Part 2]
I see that The Guardian has finally realised its error and replaced the original image and caption for 1976 (see Less than abel reporting? [Part 1]): With this one … 1976 Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), Robert G. Mugabe arrives at Geneva Airport with his delegation to take part in the…