EDITORIAL: DA hiding bitter battles
Its conduct will not only ensure that the ANC remains in power. It will also give a leg-up to Julius Malema’s EFF, providing it with a key stake in the running ...
EDITORIAL: Commander-in-chief Clicks his heels
Malema has worked out how to weaponise SA’s fragile political situation to ensure his actions are free of consequence
EDITORIAL: Echoes of Rwanda in SA
Given previous xenophobic violence in SA, one can but hope the police and security services are ready to move — and fast
EDITORIAL: ANC’s Ace idea for Zimbabwe
At the least we can expect another whitewash — a grandiose political play that legitimises the gross abuse of power
EDITORIAL: Eskom: of blackouts and consequence
If De Ruyter is doing the right things now, a sterner test will be in whether he can drastically prune Eskom’s wage bill, and cut the ineffective staff the ...
EDITORIAL: Trigger-happy thugs
It’s not surprising that SA is stuck in a violent Groundhog Day where individual rights are so often trampled by the jackboot of the state
EDITORIAL: ANC is lavish on rhetoric, meagre on action
Don’t be fooled: this isn’t so much a party grappling with a crisis of conscience as it is a party aware that the looting has become too brazen — which could ...
EDITORAL: Is Ace trembling over Cyril’s letter?
You’ll excuse us if we don’t hold our breath. And that’s not just because of the culture of inertia in the ANC — it’s the culture of impunity too
EDITORIAL: New tax resistance threat to fragile SA
Thanks to the state’s handling of the lockdown, ours has become a country where the risk of rebellion has never been higher since democracy
EDITORIAL: Sasol’s history-making financial disaster
Sasol’s epic R91.3bn loss for the year to March not only exceeds SA’s entire loan from the IMF and African Development Bank, it leaves state-owned basket cases ...
EDITORIAL: Ace’s ANC eulogy
There are many in the ANC who would never cross the line and accept state money, yet Magashule has effectively given the vultures his blessing
EDITORIAL: The frailty of the National Treasury
The last thing SA needs as it faces a looming fiscal crisis is for the investor community to start asking whether the Treasury is still fit for purpose
EDITORIAL: Don’t give Zimbabwe a cent
No financier should send more than $1 to Mnangagwa without being fully aware it’ll only go to pay his security forces to beat the country into submission
EDITORIAL: The end of accountability
It’s a terrible message: you can pillage the fiscus and kill without consequence. But cross our politicians, and the dogs of war will be let loose
EDITORIAL: Cyril’s pretend-pretend recovery
One can hardly blame a president for wanting to put a positive spin on things, but by being so out of touch Ramaphosa just makes himself seem deluded
EDITORIAL: Get rid of the bullies
SA’s restaurant industry deserves the ear of the powers-that-be –not knee-jerk bullying by a government that’s all out of ideas
EDITORIAL: Deserved klap for Telkom
The share price might be 47% down over three years, but that still doesn’t justify cheating the system
EDITORIAL: Ominous tax threat should rattle government
The National Liquor Traders Council, the Liquor Brandowners Association, the Beer Association of SA and Vinpro say they can’t afford to pay R5bn in ‘sin taxes’ ...
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