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LETTER: Easy way out won’t take country far

Is the obsession with easy answers our way of avoiding dealing with difficult problems?

LETTER: Don’t say a word…

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How many Cabinet ministers does it take to unintend a consequence?

LETTER: Mines needed clause

GOLD SMELTING: Job creation could best be achieved by industrial development. It was believed that manufacturing could employ a much higher proportion of workers than mining because of its greater need for skilled labour. Picture: PIETER DE RAS

Corporate lawyers to blame for the quandary in which the country’s mining companies now find themselves regarding black economic empowerment shares

LETTER: Unholy alliance fails

Neal Froneman. Picture: BUSINESS DAY / MARTIN RHODES

ANC elite were bribed with equity and positions by mines houses wanting to keep their ‘low-risk mining models’

LETTER: A necessary sacrifice

Illegal migrants head for the Eurotunnel site near Calais, northern France, on Wednesday. A Eurotunnel spokesman says about 2,000 migrants tried to enter on Tuesday night. Picture: REUTERS/PASCAL ROSSINGNOL

Any sovereign country has an absolute right to deny access to any foreigner on the grounds that no foreigner has any absolute right of entry

LETTER: Perfect storm coming

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There appears to be a ‘perfect storm’ in the making. Internationally, economies are not doing well and even China is starting to shake

LETTER: Share plan untenable

GOLD SMELTING: Job creation could best be achieved by industrial development. It was believed that manufacturing could employ a much higher proportion of workers than mining because of its greater need for skilled labour. Picture: PIETER DE RAS

How does Mr Gottschalk plan to legally enforce the measure he proposes without classifying race groups

LETTER: We need a communist

President Jacob Zuma briefs the media on Tuesday on his administration’s progress since he delivered his state of the nation address in February. Picture: GCIS

At issue is the trajectory of SA economic policy not who will lead the country in 2017

LETTER: Nuclear debate needs information

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People are yearning for information and answers. I propose a public debate focused on the real cost and procurement model questions

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Police commissioner Riah Phiyega. The police portfolio committee’s angry reaction to her underlings’ statement of confidence in her ability in the wake of the Marikana report indicates she has precious few friends left.

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, for bringing executives from Chinese parastatals to SA to pass on their skills. Goodness knows we need help, but is the Chinese model really the one we want to follow?

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Shoprite and Pepkor chairman Christo Wiese, who is set to become the first African to be inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame, joining the founders of Harrods, Marks & Spencer, Walmart, Ikea and Alibaba, among others.

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