SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Eskom back from the brink
Eskom is the biggest drag on SA’s finances and credit profile, so any boost to the utility’s credit rating bodes well for the country
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Oh, pity the poor Guptas
The Gupta family is forced to endure the heat and dust of the desert, unable to go home to India, nor to their adopted home, SA
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Electing Africa’s next set of leaders
You can expect energetic men in their 70s and 80s to compete aggressively and violently to serve the continent’s much younger population
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: South Africans can be proud of this
In the face of great adversity, proud and hardy South Africans dig deep and solve the most complicated, seemingly insurmountable problems
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: It’s all about corruption
There are more, and sharper, increases on the way — and more tax increases — to pay for the rampant corruption of your government
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: The most important decision of Ramaphosa’s presidency
Ramaphosa has to make the most important decision of his presidency: to appoint a competent person to replace the hapless Shaun Abrahams
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: How Nigeria abuses its power
It would seem that SA companies are being unfairly targeted by Nigeria, which is having its own problems funding government expenditure
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Laughing like a Zuma lawyer
The legal profession is one of the very few industries that will miss Jacob Zuma’s presidency
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Another open letter to McKinsey
I write to remind you that McKinsey has a duty to follow up on its promises to the people of SA
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: A trail blazed by Chávez
Today, 11 years after the first expropriations of private property, Venezuelans can’t flee their socialist heaven fast enough
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: A big thumbs-up to Sasol
When the Lake Charles plant is completed next year, it will double the market value of the whole group
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: The trouble with communal land ownership
It is no coincidence that the poorest parts of SA are the rural areas, where land ownership is communal
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: How greed killed a dream
The provisional sequestration of some of the VBS Mutual Bank directors is just the first step in recovering what was stolen from the people of Venda
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: More questions about governance at the PIC
PIC’s 60.72% stake in Efora Energy is one of those controversial investments for which the PIC is currently attracting unflattering headlines
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: An open letter to McKinsey
I find it rich — too rich, in fact — for McKinsey to lecture anyone about the truth, principles and fairness
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Dismantling the pillars of state-capture
A few chameleons are still hard at work disguising themselves as patriotic corporate citizens and loyal public servants. But the tide is out
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: SA’s gangster’s paradise
No other country beats sunny SA if you’re looking to pursue a career in crime, white-collar crime in particular
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Enough with commissions, where are the prosecutors?
Everywhere you look, there’s a retired judge with no prosecutorial powers having a conversation with some state capture foot soldiers
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: A new pastoral prosperity
It is in the rural areas that schemes such as Vodacom’s YeboYethu should be looking for their next empowerment partners
