Finweek - 22 May 2008

Cover

• SA's financial health

Openers

• Banking - Dredging up skeletons
• Call centres - Jo'burg City Power
• Something Els - The real 'third force'
• Parliament - Rotten state of Home Affairs
• Soccer World Cup - Fears of an own goal
• Government incentives - Sobering questions
• In my view - Off balance
• Nothing sacred - Limit State limis
• In black and white -When protection is a killer

Companies and markets

• ICT sector - Slowdown? What slowdown?
• Gold quarterlies - Lives versus jobs
• Kumba Iron Ore/Exxaro Resources - Mining flying
• Turnaround prospects - Taking a turn for the worse
• Sekunjalo - Losses it can ill afford
• Gold Fields - Keeping their options open
• Between the sheets - Jacko's offshore contract
• Directors' dealings - Clark loads R53.5m cargo
• Listed property - Corporate action hots up
• Portfolio pointer - Barloworld Holdings
• Portfolio punts - Old Mutual; Afrimat/WG Wearne; ELB Group
• Paracon - Skills sweet spot
• Dialogue Group Holdings - Take off or takeover?
• The company you keep - Hot potato

Property

• Mortgages - Retirement funds enter fray
• Retail - Mall mania continues

Economic trends and analysis

• Soccer World Cup - Dont be overconfident
• Manufacturing - Capacity utilisation drops
• Property prices - Home is where the hurt is ...
• Inflation - Round two to Tito
• Economic policy - Controversial proposals
• In the spotlight - I'm no Mbeki basher

Business strategy

• Entrepreneur - Detecting an opportunity
• Cars - The truth about used cars

Communication and technology

• Road test - Time to rock and roll
• Mobile television - Mobile TV kick-off threatened
• MTN - Pleasantly surprised
• Cellphones - iPhone exception that proves the trend

Creating wealth

• Offshore investments - This little piggy went to ...
• Technical analysis - Profits to be picked
• Private buy - Walking the talk