PETER BRUCE: A lifeboat for the revolutionaries
Yes, our economy is dysfunctional, and yes, it needs fixing. But no amount of ‘targeted interventions’ will work without the private sector
PETER BRUCE: How earnest lefties press the Zuma faction’s case
The ‘progressive’ economists in SA must understand how they’re giving succour to a bunch of thieving, rent-seeking reprobates who would pervert our democratic ...
PETER BRUCE: Mmusi, who's he?
If Maimane and the rest of the DA leadership are still in place come the next election, and they adopt the same approach, they will get another hiding
PETER BRUCE: Thursday will dawn new and stormy
IRR polling predicts a major shake-up for SA in the elections, with the ANC faring dismally and the EFF causing a shocK
PETER BRUCE: The strange waxing of SA’s business newsletters
All of these little business websites are competing to be the one that topples Business Day from its perch as SA’s premier daily business publication
PETER BRUCE: Andile Ramaphosa — the sins of the son?
There’s probably a really good story to be written on how Cyril made his money, right from the start. But Blue Crane and Bosasa isn’t it
PETER BRUCE: I miss Sapa, and so should we all
A reliable heads-up of first resort, it enriched our journalism by allowing the rest of us to climb up on the work it did first
PETER BRUCE: Ramaphosa begins load-shedding
All is not lost as the president begins to get rid of the dead weight in his party
PETER BRUCE: No toilet paper left to wipe away Venezuela’s ideologies
What’s Left? Ace, Tony and the ANC paragons of virtue visit Venezuela in solidarity. But poverty, not inequality, is the problem
PETER BRUCE: It’s power, Jim but not as we know it
The state has been largely able to win the argument of renewables. It’s over for coal
PETER BRUCE: Cyril battles Supraman and the Zuma minions
The City Press reporting on the Zuma camp is to remind each other that the country is at war. Or the ANC is, and we are involved, whether we like it or not
PETER BRUCE: The future’s not digital, Mr President. It’s AI. Let’s kill it
Don’t fuss about digital, Mr President. Digital’s just a carrier. Our future and our challenge is artificial intelligence
PETER BRUCE: The West gets tough? That’s what friends are for
Protocol or not, these people are our allies and sometimes the truth is best heard from friends
PETER BRUCE: What’s sweeter than a Scorpion sting?
The NPA Act clearly makes it possible for Ramaphosa to enable Batohi to establish a special investigating unit inside the NPA
PETER BRUCE: Lots of money. Absolutely no class
The ANC is finding out: when you take just a little bit of money from a criminal, you’re done for. There’s no going back
PETER BRUCE: Memo to Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams — don’t be so stupid
The broadcaster is big and ugly enough to be paying its own way. That is what the board is trying to do
PETER BRUCE: How would you remodel Cyril’s cabinet?
Ramaphosa will need more than a coat of varnish to fix his cabinet and prevent a backlash from the ANC
PETER BRUCE: Protect us from yourself public protector
That’s how the Zupta machine rolls, planting little bombs all over the place. The new moves against Gordhan are a mere distraction
PETER BRUCE: Why Malusi Gigaba just has to go
His role in state capture was direct, overt, deeply enabling and its effects we will live with for decades
