STEPHEN TOWNSEND: Examining the cost and value of built-form regulation

There is a costly apparatus for the scrutiny, assessment and approval of building proposals

EDITORIAL: Budget experts must up their game

We have yet to see thoughtful, thoroughly researched alternatives to the budget

MARK BARNES: Capital call — why we have to fix our finances

To remain in charge of our destiny we’d best attract capital into long-term growth

JUN KAJEE: Trump revokes secret service protection for Hunter Biden’s SA sojourn

Biden, whose wife is South African, is scheduled to appear for a deposition in a lawsuit against a former Trump aide

HELMOED RÖMER HEITMAN: Accelerating the decline of the SANDF

Chronic underfunding will leave the SA National Defence Force little more than a militia unable to control our airspace or waters

EDITORIAL: Resetting relations with Trump’s America

President’s pool for new US ambassador ought to be wider than the ANC’s redundant cadres

DANIËL ELOFF: Half-hearted privatisation is not a step forward

While Transnet may invite private capital it is unlikely to relinquish real operational control

STEPHEN CRANSTON: Greater investment choice means more responsibility

The days of entrusting a five-year endowment with a life insurer are long gone, but selection is key nowadays

JUN KAJEE: Deepening ties with China puts GNU under pressure

The decision to align more closely with Beijing will shape SA’s future trajectory domestically and internationally

PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: SA politics leaves bad smell here and abroad

Dirco struggles to generate trust with foreign capitals as the government continually falls back on tired ways of doing things

RONAK GOPALDAS AND MENZI NDHLOVU: What happens next in SA-US relations?

SA is an economically expendable player that can be used to set an example for others

EDITORIAL: Can Kenny Fihla break Absa’s leadership curse?

The bank has chosen an outsider to tackle its entrenched cultural and operational dysfunction

BRETT HERRON: Scheme to expand Western Cape legislature is disgraceful

GOOD party says it will ‘oppose this lunacy’ even though it might be assigned an additional seat

LETTER: Trump shenanigans vindicate SA

New York Times says America’s reputation is  in tatters

LETTER: Rasool dug his own grave

Former SA ambassador was bound to be expelled after bad-mouthing the US