JONATHAN HOLDEN: Celebrating 31 years of financial freedom

Challenges to achieving universal financial inclusion in SA remain, despite the progress that has been made

GREG BECKER: Pope Francis gave more meaning to the simple act of feet washing

Francis was a new kind of pope in many ways: he was the first from South America, the first Jesuit and the first to ask others to pray for him

JUN KAJEE: Nato’s internal divisions spur calls for new alliances

As the US turns inward European leaders have to face the reality that the post-World War 2 security architecture may no longer be fit for purpose

LETTER: SA has not been open for business for years

Policy is undermining growth and pushing SA ever deeper into a trap it will struggle to escape

CHRIS GILMOUR: AVI the clear leader in its field

The well-managed company has managed to maintain a clever balance of interests, so if one segment underperforms, another will compensate

KAYLYNN PALM: Courtrooms must not only be spaces of law but also sites of civic meaning

SA courts as physical spaces are no longer inviolable — they are increasingly seen as exposed and vulnerable to the very forces they are meant to constrain

NATASHA MARRIAN: ‘Reset’ coalition must put its pen where its mouth is

ANC and DA relationship can be salvaged but it boils down to political will and maturity

CHRIS LOKER: SA can’t afford to shun R1.1-trillion locked up in residential wealth

Equity release is a financial instrument that taps the value of pensioners’ property to responsibly convert illiquid wealth into usable income

ANTHONY BUTLER: Theatrics are par for the course in coalition politics

To maintain individual identities, coalition partners often stage public tiffs, even when compromises are being worked out behind the scenes

JONNY STEINBERG: An emergency in the US is just daily life in SA

An already fragile police service shattered on Jacob Zuma’s watch and nobody has put it together again

EDITORIAL: World loses a humanist

Pope Francis was a moral beacon, known for his humanity and empathy for the poor and suffering

CHRIS THURMAN: Installations pit balance against imbalance

Mauritian artist Salim Currimjee adapts Mughal painting techniques to abstract compositions

KEVIN MCCALLUM: London Marathon joins exit of X-pats

Organisers take a stand against mister take-a-chance Elon Musk, accused of converting X into a hate machine

JOHN STEENHUISEN: SA’s economy is in trouble, but we can turn it around

Fiscal framework is built on problematic, overly optimistic assumptions

PETER BRUCE: Our readers will always matter the most

Print newspapers like Business Day are simply more honourable. It’s the lineage, the traditions

NICHOLAS SHUBITZ: Why China is not afraid of a trade war

Local manufacturers sell most of what they produce within China and can redirect their US exports to other countries

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