SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Myth of SA exceptionalism
The cocky South African who a decade ago vowed never to eat seafood in Africa has been humbled
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Two letters to the president
If I were finance minister I would take two letters with me to an urgent meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Deadline is the first step in Eskom unbundling
Should the end-March deadline be met for the separation of the transmission unit, Gordhan should then move to open Eskom’s old power stations for sale to ...
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: A train to nowhere driven by a bunch of losers
As SA hurtles down the road of a completely failed state, politicians haven’t stopped trying to kill off the parts that still work
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Truth without consequences
The Zondo commission is becoming a tiring, hugely expensive gossip session, seemingly with no clear end in sight
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: An offer you can refuse
After presiding over the most successful BEE transaction in SA’s history, MultiChoice Group has taken steps that will subtly reverse some of the gains of the ...
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Eating SAA’s lunch
SAA and its group companies have been in steady decline since around 1994, when the ANC came to power. That steady decline has turned into a free-fall over the ...
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: King of double standards
How dare journalists uncover how Julius Malema personally benefited from the VBS loot
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Blaming apartheid won’t change the situation
Those perpetrating the violence say they are targeting undocumented immigrant Africans. This is a cover-up for a looting frenzy against hard-working people ...
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: How SA protects monsters
Amending the constitution to restore the death penalty is, I believe, only one of the steps we need to take
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Why BEE will remain unattainable for another 25 years
We have elected officials who, instead of pushing growth-enhancing policies and reforms, are sucked into the politics of hate and race-baiting
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Mcebisi Jonas’s ANC blind spot
The party of corruption – Jonas’s ANC – is eating itself alive as it yields to greed and the unbridled pursuit of power
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: In SA today, thugs are in charge and on the offensive
Those that shout the loudest are winning. And because the good men and women are silent, the fools have multiplied
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: The darkest hour is just before dawn
The real threat to growth and stability is the poverty of ideas among those we have elected to office
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Hello junk status, my old friend
The rand has fallen. It needs someone to pick it up. In comes Nomvula Mokonyane to save the nation from the ruthless vagaries of inflation
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Take the lead, Mr President
We cannot continue floating aimlessly or the thieves will steal a march on us again. And the damage would be too ghastly to contemplate
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: No load-shedding should worry you a great deal
What the absence of load-shedding this winter shows is that the economy is in much more serious trouble than we have cared to note
