EDITORIAL: Mboweni keeps SA’s jalopy going — just
Mboweni said the right things. But no longer can credit be given in advance of actually doing what you say — there have been too many broken promises
EDITORIAL: Thulas Nxesi’s pyrrhic victory
If only someone would tell Nxesi that employers are not the enemy
EDITORIAL: Audit industry bloodied by Irba mess, as Jenitha John quits
It was an appointment, made by Irba’s former board, that always seemed destined for disaster
Rob Rose Editor: Financial Mail
EDITORIAL: Crony capitalism, and the ANC’s business lobby
The tale of Jova Vaccines Supply — a shell company registered on January 29 this year — is a disturbing analogy for the crony capitalism that has begun to take ...
EDITORIAL: ANC’s mea culpa
A senior leader of the governing party has finally admitted what has never been explicitly stated since eye-popping testimony before the commission of inquiry ...
EDITORIAL: As industry melts down, where is Ebrahim Patel?
He has faded into the background — at a time when his political leadership is most needed in the realm of, you know, trade and industry
EDITORIAL: SA can’t have its cake … and eat it
The ANC has only itself to blame for having backed the country into this fiscal corner
EDITORIAL: Where is the action Cyril?
No, Mr President, the new Political Party Funding Act will not end corruption
EDITORIAL: Brian Molefe’s postcards from the edge
The former Eskom boss took to the stand at the Zondo state capture inquiry and delivered the performance of a lifetime
EDITORIAL: Cyril’s paltry excuse
To call for companies to then pay more to mitigate the government’s nondelivery is a sign of contempt for business. Respect, Mr President, is a two-way street
EDITORIAL: ANC loonies spread vaccine distrust
If Ramaphosa wants to show these rules aren’t just empty words that don’t apply to the elite, comrades in his own party, should be feeling the sting for ...
EDITORIAL: Let them eat cake
Behaving like a wounded harpy at the first sign of a challenge isn’t a characteristic much prized in a leader
EDITORIAL: The Maria Ramos smear campaign
The Star last week accused former Absa CEO Maria Ramos of ‘treason or corruption’ for allegedly ‘fixing the rand’
EDITORIAL: Beach rules echo logic of tobacco ban
Ramaphosa was right that South Africans need to pull together and act responsibly. But shouldn’t the government set the example?
EDITORIAL: The unveiling of Mkhwebane
South Africans should not only reject a ‘protector’ with such a frosty relationship with the truth, they should also reject any party that seeks to defend the ...
EDITORIAL: Small businesses abandoned
Study finds that 42% of small businesses closed during the lockdown
EDITORIAL: Treasury’s bungle is a bad omen
The financial community, which has always taken it for granted that the Treasury is unassailable, is unimpressed by its bungling of the exchange control matter
EDITORIAL: Down and dirty with Dali Mpofu and Pravin Gordhan
The dance between advocate Dali Mpofu and minister Pravin Gordhan before the state capture inquiry was something to behold
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