Beneficiaries and policyholders acquired R287.1 billion in claims and benefits from South African life insurers in the first half of 2023. Today’s piece from our partners on the FT is a must-read for those looking for context. Amidst Argentina’s recurrent points with inflation, the country is contemplating dollarisation as a possible answer. A current survey performed by the Brenthurst Foundation has discovered that help for the ruling ANC party has dropped from 48% in 2022 to 41%. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has urged the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria to include programs on the Deposit Insurance System into…

Steve Miller is a multi-media Art Newsist, who makes paintings, screenprints, artist books, and sculptures. Through his art he explores the influence of science and technology on modern culture. In 2004 Miller was a New York Foundation for the arts painting fellow. In many different cultures, the ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas are found in such a wide range of graves that they were clearly not restricted to a social elite, though other forms of art may have been. Composed on the side of a Brighton pub, the piece caused quite a stir, provoking both members of the…