23
Jun
2026
Inflation measurement – A basket case
Category: Financial services, Payments
My husband Amnon, ever the statistician, has been tracking his own food inflation for over three years now. He happens to consume a very narrow range of products, making this a fea...
27
Mar
2026
A Snap Scan of Digital Payments in South Africa
Category: Credit, Data analytics, Financial se...
Various data sets give us an inkling into the pace at which payments in South Africa are digitising. In this blog we explore some of this data.
29
Jan
2026
Rules Based Analytics
Category: Data analytics
An exploration of classic analytics “laws", exposing why data misleads, models deceive, KPIs fail, and intellectual humility, debate, and skepticism matter more than polished chart...
16
Jan
2026
On the threshold
Category: Policy
Frozen thresholds from the past reshape taxes, benefits, and markets. Inflation erodes intent, and blurs policy focus and yet hardly any laws have changed.
07
Oct
2025
EE Targets Firm Level
Category: Employment
Private sector transformation remains slow, with white South Africans still dominating top roles. Only two firms meet new equity targets - will stricter regulations drive change or...
20
Jun
2025
Reviving Dead Capital – the urgent need for title reform
Category: Housing, Policy, The Tenure Support ...
South Africa’s broken title-deed system stifles property markets, inhibits lending and inclusion, and needs simpler, digital and policy reforms to unlock economic potential.
12
Jun
2023
Infra structure, not top structure
Category: Housing
07
Jun
2023
Affordable for whom
Category: Housing
30
May
2023
Rising misconceptions: GPT’s vertical slum mix up
Category: AI, Housing