TK POOE: How to fix South Africa’s broken SOEs

The ANC and DA must abandon their ideological trenches and adopt lessons from Asia’s state-led growth and the West’s privatisation regrets

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: The shadow tax: How mafias are crippling South Africa

Criminal syndicates are holding South Africans to ransom. Urgent action is needed to dismantle these networks, restore law and order, and reignite economic ...

TRACEY DAVIES: Big polluters win again

The latest carbon tax debacle shows that the public has no way of monitoring corporate influence on government policymaking

IAN MACLEOD: How South Africa could play the game of empires — and win

A political economist offers a unique perspective on the role Africa — and South Africa — could play in a changing world

ALAN WINDE: True freedom is all about jobs

The ability to provide for yourself and your family may be the most powerful human right of all

BUTI MANAMELA: What the world can learn from China’s poverty victory

China lifted 800-million people out of poverty — here’s how South Africa and the continent can apply the lessons

NKENKE KEKANA: DA power plays

The DA is not a homogeneous bloc, and whichever faction prevails at its next elective conference will determine its future in the GNU

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: Rewriting South Africa’s script in a walled-off world

With global trade alignments in flux, South Africa needs to focus on deft diplomacy and a coherent domestic policy

JEREMY SAMPSON: FNB buys a brand bomb squad

SA Rugby has apparently nearly doubled the financial value of the Springbok sponsorship as FNB muscles MTN off the jersey

DEON GOUWS: Statements of the obvious

Sorry, dear readers, but if Donald Trump was a more realistic president, I wouldn't be forced to write about him

HERMAN LATEGAN: The taal turns verkramp again

The demise of Vrye Weekblad is fresh evidence that the narrow-minded Boers are gaining dominance in the white Afrikaans landscape

IAN MACLEOD: DXB departures: All gates open to Africa

Dubai’s cash flows signal a new wave of investment across the continent

TRACEY DAVIES: More hot air as Eskom dodges emissions bullet

The economic impact of granting Eskom exemption from air quality standards is ignored, just as the human impact is dismissed

SANISHA PACKIRISAMY: While the ice melts, South Africa’s taps are running dry

Ageing infrastructure and lack of investment in new water projects compound the country’s water challenges

IAN MACLEOD: Why South Africa should embrace AI

There’s no getting away from it: in a country with little to no growth and high unemployment, we need to harness its power rather than fight it