How SA small businesses performed and what lies ahead

Editorial|Published

The ongoing and deteriorating energy crisis has put a damper on these more positive prospects

Few have accumulated wealth using ‘representatives of the people’ tag

Editorial|Published

Siyabonga HadebeElections are not about party agents, presiding officers or the people (citizens) but the system itself. The big system maintains itself; voting ...

Explore magical markets around the world

Editorial|Published

Traditional markets transcend shopping; they are vibrant cultural hubs with rich histories

Incompetent CoJ is cheating ratepayers

Editorial|Published

Johannesburg’s billing crisis has become a cliché

The collapse of the Steel Master Plan and disintegration of industry by Seifsa president, Elias Monage

Editorial|Published

The recent announcement by ArcelorMittal SA presents a major set-back to the base of the industrial sector

Media and banks must work together for the common good

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Banks adopted a holier-than-thou attitude in closing Independent Media’s bank accounts, citing “reputational risks” as the reason. Yet, banks complicit in the malicious ...

It’s Christmas for criminals targeting cash vans

Editorial|Published

Six cash-in-transit heist suspects were today scheduled to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court after they were arrested right after the robbery on Monday ...

Maybe President Cyril Ramaphosa should dust off resignation letter

Editorial|Published

At the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa blustered on about the crushing effects of corruption on our country and democracy. ...

It’s time to wake up and smell the climate change and not just pay lip service to it

Editorial|Published

We are living with the consequences of an over-industrialised, coal-burning world.

Mogoeng is courting controversy

Editorial|Published

It is worrying that the head of the justice system can be so blind to the injustice playing itself out in the Middle East.

Our discipline will lead us to returning to normality sooner

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The US went from 332 Covid-19 infections and 17 deaths seven weeks ago, to 886709 cases this week and 50243 deaths. Over the same period, our country went from 1 ...

Springboks have a golden chance to lift the nation

Editorial|Published

To Rassie, captain Siya Kolisi and the team, do your best, lads, that’s all we can ask.

We live in a very dangerous society

Editorial|Published

There has been the usual response to the crime statistics this week.

Lessons on owning your story

Editorial|Published

The woman she thought was her mother, Lavona Solomon, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for kidnapping her.

EDITORIAL: Landmark judgment a wake-up call for companies

Editorial|Published

Many of the original claimants have died, but there are plenty who will benefit - thanks to the mining companies who agreed to the settlement.

Three ambassadors, three scandals, three different outcomes

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In SA, no one is embarrassed when our ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane leaks her own innermost thoughts about “white cowards and shivering land thieves”. ...

Jail the state capturers

Editorial|Published

Corruption is a disgusting stain on our otherwise very proud record as a nation. We overcame a crime against humanity, as the UN defined apartheid.

Police killings a sad indictment on society

Editorial|Published

The police have been quick to respond; the response by the public, though, appears muted, especially in the mainstream media.

Signs are good for Ramaphosa

Editorial|Published

Every early indication shows he will succeed. We look forward to this new era and bid adieu to the end of an error.

OPINION: Time to applaud IEC achievement

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In many ways, this election was a record-breaker, and one must give credit to the IEC for it.