It has been “nose to the grindstone” since taking over as editor from my esteemed colleague Piet Coetzer, as Blue Chip strives to bring you insider opinions from the people who count in the world of finance and beyond.
In this edition, we celebrate the fact that August was Women’s Month, with a special focus on the increasingly important role that top women play in the world of high finance, as well as the growing importance of ordinary women in economies throughout the world in their role as the ‘minister of Finance’ of their household.
As far back as December 2005, Bloomberg Business Week wrote: “The biggest, fastest growing economies of the Third World are Brazil, Russia, India and China.
There were no real surprises in the Budget that Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan presented to parliament on 23 February. In fact, it represented continuity to such an extent that some even called it boring.