from the editor

in this issue of finweek our contributors look at the aftermath and cost of July’s failed insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng. The loss of life was unnecessary. The damage to property is preliminarily estimated in the billions of rand. And the toll on sentiment – of both local communities and businesses that were affected as well as investors – is unquantifiable.

In response, President Cyril Ramaphosa acted