Finally, errant municipal officials must pay back the money
Another day, another story of dodgy government contracts. Local government contracts, to be more specific. The scene is Nelson Mandela Bay, 2014. As court…
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The tragic farce of the Dalí in the JAG filing cabinet
You can almost imagine Salvador Dalí striding into the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) and clapping eyes on his much-lauded 1930s work, Aphrodisiac Telephone. The almost…
What’s worse: Doctoring your CV or stealing billions?
South Africa is such a strange country. You can run a transparent actual fraud on actual pensioners, in which you take their actual savings…
Be polite to AI – it might save you from the end of days
I went to a good girls’ school that specialised in knee-jerk politeness. “Please”, “May I”, “Thank you” and “Excuse me” reverberated across classrooms, hallways…
Of werewolves and other animal instincts when Boks play England
My wife is getting concerned about Saturday. “It won’t be like last year, will it?” she said this week. “Of course not,” I said…
The Trump effect on commodity markets
It was interesting watching the real-time effect on markets as it became clear that Trump 2.0 was about to unfold. Stock futures soared as…
Joburg’s leadership drought leaves taps dry
Watersplaining. Back-slapping. And stating the obvious. That’s much of the media release coming out of Sunday’s meeting about Joburg’s “water challenges”. Or, as it’s…
Getting the ick!
There’s a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon that has lived rent-free in my brain ever since I first read it when I was a kid.…
Lights out for Joburg: Dada Morero’s big Eskom gamble
For months, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has been sounding the alarm of an existential crisis for state power provider Eskom: sharply escalating municipal debt. …
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