CARMEL RICKARD: A sobering message to litigants
How the labour court chose to deal with a case that it deemed to be frivolous has lessons for employees with grievances against their employers
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Nostalgia for Qwerty’s key role
The keyboard is one of those anachronisms of the mechanical age that live on in the digital era
MARC HASENFUSS: The fate of Sun International
The market has seemingly expressed optimism around a R1.5bn rights issue
ZEENAT MOORAD: How Kodak lost focus
Can a company ever really live up to the legacy of its storied past?
STEPHEN CRANSTON: The business of banking
It is time Nedbank was granted full independence, just as Standard Bank needs to let Liberty go
JAMIE CARR: Long4Life long on promise
Long4Life is sitting on R1.7bn of cash, which gives it firepower to chase investments
JUSTICE MALALA: Good luck boys and girls
When you’re young you can afford to bravely hand the crown jewels to political players to manage for you
ANN CROTTY: The audit industry’s unaccountable power
Greater consolidation means less choice for clients
ROB ROSE: Steinhoff’s ground zero
Germany’s probe into Steinhoff is at a standstill. Are the Germans trying to pretend it’s only an SA problem?
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Parable of the little thief
The story of a young man who grew greedy and spoke with food in his mouth
PETER BRUCE: North West: a symptom of poor thinking on federalism
The crisis in North West is proof that outdated federalism does not work. Provinces just get in the way
ROB ROSE: BAT’s cocktail of misconduct
Tobacco companies have never been great on transparency, but BAT’s silence over a probe into its alleged corruption is particularly galling
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Land is not black or white
The political opportunists who say land is a black and white matter have another thing coming
