EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: ‘Even ignoring the margin of error, this isn’t polling, it’s prognostication’

Stories of Note

Bytes from the digital world

Another Eskom executive brought from Transnet by former CEO Brian Molefe has resigned to avoid facing an internal investigation.

There are lies, damned lies, and political polls — to paraphrase Donald Trump’s famous quote, "Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election."

In My Opinion

Matters of debate

Notwithstanding the lousy reputation political pollsters have in the wake of Brexit and Donald Trump, Gareth van Onselen still expects accuracy from Ipsos.

Peter Bruce pays a touching tribute to his father who died last month.

Finding Alpha

The long and the short of the markets

Exposure to competition for the first time in 60 years seems to have done the JSE a power of good.

SA has been a huge beneficiary of former US president George W Bush’s Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). Now, in the Donald Trump era, we need to turn to our neighbours for support.

Oh, Very Twitty

The lighter side of the web

"So, on Madiba’s 100th birthday, we now stand at a crossroads, a moment in time, where two different visions of humanity’s future compete for the hearts and minds of the citizens around the world," former US president Barack Obama said in his Nelson Mandela lecture on Tuesday.

Very Visual

Graph of the day

Citigroup issued a research note on Tuesday predicting the price of copper averaging $8,000 a tonne in 2022, passing $9,000 a tonne by 2028.