EDITORIAL: Act that defies reason
Bathabile Dlamini can fume all she wants, but she can’t change the facts. Now, where is the NPA?
EDITORIAL: A tragedy of fiscal failure foretold
Dutiful financial management isn’t even on the radar of many of our so-called public servants, let alone accountability for messing it up
EDITORIAL: SA on borrowed time
Essentially, the main ratings agencies think it’s increasingly unlikely that Cyril Ramaphosa will halt SA’s slide
EDITORIAL: Fear Lindiwe Sisulu’s ambition
Sisulu’s ruthlessly self-serving ambition should be checked. And soon
EDITORIAL: Union madness sends SAA into nosedive
Saving the airline will require all parties to sit down, put aside the posturing, and focus on the sustainability of the business
EDITORIAL: Investment pledges — it’s sort of true
Hopes that SA has turned the corner, and that business confidence and economic growth will only climb from here, should be tempered
EDITORIAL: “DD” Mabuza, the ditherer
Mabuza believes SA should “keep [its] mouth shut” about the ongoing assault on gay rights in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa
EDITORIAL: Shoprite slap for Christo Wiese
The days of doing what’s best for you, irrespective of what it means for all shareholders, are long gone
EDITORIAL: What Cyril can learn from Siya
Those in his cabinet who do not buy into the plan should be benched, if not dropped altogether
EDITORIAL: Sasol shows government the way
The government could learn a thing or two from petrochemicals group Sasol, which has been embroiled in a Medupi-like mess of its own in Louisiana
EDITORIAL: Why we’re taking Steinhoff to court
In the absence of real transparency, who is to say that Steinhoff isn’t simply trying to hide details it finds awkward to explain?
EDITORIAL: Overhaul looms for SA’s auditors
Here in SA we’ve had enough auditing disasters to know something is wrong. The case of VBS Mutual Bank, where KPMG’s lead banking partner was implicated in the ...
EDITORIAL: Mining’s giddy moves
Is a mining CEO the latter-day Sisyphus of the business world: doomed to the eternal punishment of pushing his boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down?
EDITORIAL: DA must decide what road to follow
The DA has a leadership crisis. The problem is it did not start with Mmusi Maimane, and it will not end with him
EDITORIAL: The Peter Moyo legacy
Once the dust settles, the damage is likely to be seen in nominations committees across the country’s boardrooms
EDITORIAL: Blow to NHI — but is anyone listening?
The public sector health system, which the government controls, is decrepit and imploding. Yet, under NHI, we’d supposedly entrust the whole shebang to that ...
EDITORIAL: Cyril’s futile economic forum
If Ramaphosa doesn’t address the underlying issue — a splintered, corrupted party resistant to accountability — his council will be dead in the water anyway
EDITORIAL: Old Mutual smokescreen sends the wrong signals
Pinky Moholi’s sudden resignation from Old Mutual sends out all the wrong signals at a time when the life insurer, still wrestling with its unwanted former CEO ...
EDITORIAL: Secret service — both cops and robbers
Revelations about the way crime intelligence looted its secret service account partly explain why the police are woefully out of their depth in dealing with ...
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