US envoy Brigety leaves South Africa with hope – and a warning
The US ambassador on South Africans ‘finding each other’, the price of being free, and constructive international relations. But no word on the Lady…
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South Africa’s debt has hit 75% of GDP, with interest payments now the biggest budget item. A primary budget surplus could steady the ship…
Zama zamas: The brutal face of state failure
If you don’t fix the systemic issues that allow illegal mining – and criminality – to flourish, the battle is lost…
Didata BEE deal: How the six execs could have played the game
Didata’s BEE schlenter: ‘If they’d played it straight, they would have been protected by the codes.’ But would NTT have played with them?…
Who really killed Chris Hani?
Vrye Weekblad’s Max du Preez tries to make sense of all the questions and theories around Chris Hani’s 1993 assassination.…
The death of a neighbourhood wine bar
Jono Hall laments the death of a favourite neighbourhood drinks spot – asking what it means about Joburg and Joburgers…
I quit! Time to sharpen the JSE’s resignation rules
The JSE’s allowance of bland director resignation statements is doing no-one any favours…
Lesufi’s R200bn flight of fancy
Gauteng is planning an international airport for Sedibeng. Pity it can’t get the basics right in the foundering municipality…
The SACP: Going the way of the dinosaurs
Once a vanguard, now a rearguard party, the SACP is likely to disappear with a whimper rather than a bang…
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