ANDREAS KLUTH: How green is green when it comes to classifying energy?

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Natural gas is a fossil fuel and thus dirty, but it’s much less dirty than coal, so, what label should gas have?

CHRIS BRYANT: Glencore’s UK gas woes won’t spoil its bumper year

CNG’s difficulties aren’t expected to hamper what’s shaping up to be a blow-out year for Glencore, a big beneficiary of the post-Covid-19 rebound

Opinion

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BARBARA POMPILI: France partners with SA in transition to low-carbon economy

Climate envoys meet local leaders over financing and support that can enable country to reduce its coal dependence

Opinion

GHALEB CACHALIA: No free lunch when it comes to electricity delivery

Municipalities owe millions to Eskom but addressing the problem requires dealing with historical issues

Opinion

CHRIS THURMAN: A coming together of art and artificial

The work of almost 100 artists is on display across multiple indoor and outdoor sites at Melrose Arch’s SculptX

Opinion / Columnists

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CARTOON: Ramaphosa’s anticorruption torch

Friday, October 15 2021

Opinion

EDITORIAL: To and fro over e-tolls not doing much to lure investors

Contrary to what the critics say, toll roads may ultimately benefit the poor more than the rich, because of their positive economic effects

Opinion / Editorials

Can African countries ride the tidal wave of demand for key minerals?

How states can secure their future as suppliers of the minerals needed for a clean energy transition

Opinion

HILARY JOFFE: Treasury likely to try to quell ‘supercycle’ euphoria

Prices of some of SA’s big commodity winners are already off their peaks

Opinion / Columnists

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Hilary Joffe Columnist

ANTHONY BUTLER: The big problem with BIGs: loan sharks and vampire firms love them

Large social grants have become collateral for debt, a Black Sash report has shown, writes Anthony Butler

Opinion / Columnists

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Anthony Butler Columnist

KERSHINI GOVENDER: Three critical steps to a post-Covid reset

We need to protect partners in our supply chains, bridge the gender gap, and foster a vocal and engaged business sector

Opinion

ISAAH MHLANGA: Unemployment solution must help everyone stand on their own feet

State needs to step in to alleviate absolute poverty but that cannot be a long-term policy

Opinion / Columnists

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Isaah Mhlanga Columnist

STEPHEN CRANSTON: Metropolitan: bringing Jimmy Stewart’s ghost and Afrilennials under one roof

For now funeral policies remain the mass market insurance brand’s core product and the easiest sell, writes Stephen Cranston

Opinion / Columnists

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Stephen Cranston Writer & columnist

WATCH | Business Day: Why every story is your business

Read about the new campaign for SA's foremost business publication

Opinion

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SARAH RICE: Taking on the next pandemic: mental distress

We must look at how we can help coworkers to be resilient and stay engaged in these extraordinary times

Opinion

To get pandemic response right, we must get our politics right

Leadership is key to shaping behaviours and directing the science to where it is most effective

Opinion

BJØRN LOMBORG: Can leaders finally go down a different path at COP26?

The most effective, long-term climate policy is investing a lot more resources in green research and development

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Money laundering report shows the doors are wide open to crooks

The FATF flags the same issues that need urgent attention if SA is to get on top of corruption

Opinion / Editorials

CARTOON: Patel’s localisation problem

Thursday, October 14 2021

Opinion

LAUREN LIEBENBERG: Limpopo megaproject jobs will come at an enormous cost

The public purse and natural treasures will pay for the sweeties dangled to tempt foreigners to invest in the new industrial zones

Opinion

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