David Gleason @TheTorqueColumn
Financial journo since ‘92; written at length for the FM, BD, Finance Week & Business Report; and my Torque column, launched in ‘93, now appears in Business Day gleason.co.za Craighall Joined September 2010-
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Raising interest rates to combat imported inflation is farting against thunder. It hurts us and achieves nothing. Kantor is on the button
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Torque today: Waterberg Coal will make a bomb. Tim Tebeila already has. Motsoaledi's 1st priority shld be to clean up state hospitals
Torque: why are banks able to get away with such fat margins? The tech revolution has just begun and Arnold is definitely coming back.
Read Leon Louw on hospitals and Motsoaledi in BD today. Health is a mess which is why he wants to steal money we spend on our own health
Torque: You can count on problems in Labour when there's an Oliphant in the room. Why has Stratton not been extradited re the Kebble murder?
Glynnis under unrelenting attack. Perhaps someone knows something that she doesn't. I'm asking. SAA +R2bn loss in 2 years. Malusi's pet
Torque:Joffe must nurse ailing Adcock back to health - after he has dealt with board. Zambian copper mines threaten Mana Pools Heritage site
I warned Ramphele was dangerous for DA. No pleasure in being right.Zille's leadership failure is a disaster for her party. What a put down
Torque: 1st in a series on SA's water predicament. Rising population, growing demand, static supply. MTN in pound seats now Iran is kosher
Ramphele as the DA's presidential candidate may prove a very damp squib. US corporates swimming in cash; rand is fall guy for everyone else.
Torque: Does BRICS still matter? Its all China with the other 4 as also rans. We don't need ratings agency Moodys to tell us the obvious.
Torque: Round 1 of knock-down fight between Discovery and 3rd party lawyer Bobroff. Discovery says this tip of fraud monumental iceberg
I offer Eskom's Etzinger 10-to-1 Medupi 1st unit won't be operating by end 2014. Why is Oliphant's disciplinary at GEPF taking so long?
Torque: Sub-prime car loans in US may be next financial conflagration - only takes a spark. Dairy farmers rage about Clover bosses pay
@BMC_RSA I am indeed back and first 2 columns published Thurs & Fri last week. Anything you want me to look at?
Torque: Dairy farmers struggle while processors like Clover makes mountains of moolah. Why is Tina Joemat-Pettersson considered royal game?
My prediction on winner in fight for Adcock - Joffe & Bidvest. by a whisker. 50% pass rate for matric on the button bdlive.co.za/opinion/column…
Climate change just another excuse to levy a tax. SAB needs to get back on acquisition trail. Stay safe over holidays bdlive.co.za/opinion/column…
Palabora takeover shrouded in mystery. Zambia plays silly buggers with foreign investors13/12/12/torque-palabora-minorities-hang-in-there
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