@tim_cohen

South African journalist and editor: Currently Senior Editor at https://xitter.cf/t.co/nKtt1tzuMV. Views my own ...obvs. Substack at https://xitter.cf/t.co/KmD2txfBf3

 The Karoo, South Africa
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Joined July 2009
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Great story ft.com/content/5203e527-ebdd…

Africa’s explosive growth in cities

The continent’s urban centres are set to expand by 19mn people annually, or by nearly two Londons a year. But urbanisation is not following a familiar path

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Loose Canon 💥 A Nobel for criticising the economics of saying nothing at great length timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-a…
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Loose Canon 💥 Pillay's Nobel peace prize; a respectful critique timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-p…

Loose Canon 💥 Pillay's Nobel peace prize; a respectful critique

Oh boy. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Where do you even start? Mountains have been written on the subject, and it’s so complicated that like other very complicated topics it’s possible to have...

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JUST IN | The Campus ‘Six’ have become five after Jason Goodall’s remarkably direct admission that executives, including former CEO Jeremy Ord, knew they were gaming a R1.4bn property sale. Read the full story by @tim_cohen and @robrose_za here. fm.co.za/news-and-fox/2026-1…

R209m confession reshapes Dimension Data Campus case | Financial Mail

Former Didata exec Jason Goodall in bombshell deal, implicating Ord & Co

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Loose Canon 💥 Bokke Botha: A tribute to the best of us timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-b…
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Loose Canon 💥 Mexico, South Africa, and the middle income trap timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-m…

Loose Canon 💥 Mexico, South Africa, and the middle income trap

One of the terrible curses of journalism is that you often tend to think you know more than you do. I’ve just come back from a trip to Mexico, and I have things to say. But are they useful, or merely...

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Loose Canon 💥 Trump, Ramaphosa and the limits of business acumen timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-t…

Loose Canon 💥 Trump, Ramaphosa and the limits of business acumen

Critics often say there should be more businesspeople in government to enhance efficiency. But the record of two current businessmen-presidents is disappointing. Why?

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Loose Canon 💥 Trump, Ramaphosa and the limits of business acumen timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-t…
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Loose Canon 💥 The case for taking silly robots seriously timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-t…

Loose Canon 💥 The case for taking silly robots seriously

The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing have just wrapped up and judging by the footage, they were glorious, amazing, and thankfully, wonderfully hilarious. The Wall Street Journal's take is that...

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Loose Canon 💥 Dolly Parton, rhinestones and the art of investing timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-d…
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PODCAST 📣 ListenUP! The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Dual (!) merchant bankers @mark_barnes56 and Colin Coleman and I discuss the ANC's municipal manifesto. And bonds. Obvs. timcohen.co.za/podcast-the-a…

PODCAST 📣 The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

South Africa doesn’t need a municipal election popularity contest; it needs a survival strategy. So says merchant banker Mark Barnes in conversation with Financial Mail journalist Tim Cohen and...

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Loose canon 💥 A “vibecession” - the recession between your ears timcohen.co.za/loose-ca-vibe…
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Loose Canon 💥 Six (possibly dubious) reasons Homer is back timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-s…
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Loose canon 💥 Fifa’s grand plan shows us greed is often confirmation bias with a balance sheet timcohen.co.za/lofifas-grand…
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PODCAST: ‘ListenUP’ – should the PIC be closed down? timcohen.co.za/podcast-liste…

PODCAST: ‘ListenUP’ – should the PIC be closed down?

Mark Barnes and Tim Cohen gallop through the week’s events, offering thoughts, opinions, and perspectives on local and international affairs. Here, they ask existential questions about the beleague...

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Loose canon 💥How to grow old and remain irritating timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-h…
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Loose Canon 💥 The unbearable weight of the next pass timcohen.co.za/loose-canon-t…
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