Look overseas to understand the JSE’s latest highs
Max Gebhardt: Is a correction to the local bourse’s recent strong run likely in the near term?
WINE: Good wine needs nurturing
The French use the term ‘elevage’ — which literally means ‘bringing up’ or ‘rearing’ — to describe the process of nursing wine to market-ready condition, writes Michael Fridjhon
TWEET OF THE WEEK: DA asleep at the wheel
Democratic Alliance jobs march a desperate bid to catch up after letting African National Congress define electoral fight, writes Gareth can Onselen
By ignoring basics, Vavi is losing battle in Cosatu
Vavi has always been wildly popular among rank-and-file workers but past two years of his political career have read like a soap opera, writes Natasha Marrian
Sipho Hlongwane: ANC’s exhortations to good behaviour from its members, and its reaction to DA march, are at odds with freedom of expression
You can choose how to do as you’re told
Mbeki facilitated the rise of Zuma and created the conditions in which apparent tribalism can persist, writes Anthony Butler
Mbeki partly responsible for ‘demon of tribalism’
The process of digging out ore for mechanical and chemical treatment leaves a legacy of despoliation, writes David Gleason
Mineral threat to Mtunzini oasis
Most arguments on the issue of wages are dead wrong because they fail to see the world through the eyes of the unemployed, writes Jonny Steinberg
Opinion makers have blind spot on wages
THE INSIDER: Knives are out, or is that in, for soccer players
Footballers can go onto the field with a pocketknife without breaking the law, although they may be contravening the rules of the game
McCarthyism rounds on Freedom Charter
The Freedom Charter is no less valuable if it was, as Stephen Ellis claims, written by white communists, writes Z Pallo Jordan
Previous columns
Raising rates not such a bad idea
It has been a rough couple of years for many countries, with authorities having to find best combination of fiscal and monetary policy to manage recession, writes Ntsakisi Maswanganyi
THE INSIDER: Who knew there were so many of them?
Some interesting names appear on the Independent Electoral Commission’s list of registered parties
The top 10 controversial ANC quotes on sport
Gareth van Onselen offers a sample of the outrage and nonsense served up by African National Congress luminaries on sporting performance and politics
Polygraphs of politicians could save us billions
The simple, cheap and effective solution to the orgy of corruption is to subject politicians and officials to annual lie-detector tests, writes Leon Louw
Parties trot out the same old jobs fantasy
It is election time again and the season to turn up the volume on that popular South African fantasy — the job-creation debate, writes Steven Friedman
Drastic action is necessary to get Bafana off life support
Bafana Bafana are now breathing with the assistance of a ventilator, writes Mninawa Ntloko
VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Fuel price gives hybrids charm
As petrol approaches R14 a litre, these formerly rather nerdish cars are suddenly looking attractive, writes Alexander Parker
US grows more isolationist, but the world still needs it
It is possible that the isolationist mood the US is currently in will simply be a phase, writes Gideon Rachman
THE INSIDER: My plumber’s no Einstein, but did you know...
A good, qualified plumber can make quite a packet fixing other people’s toilets and home water piping systems
DA faces ANC in a changed environment
It was the events around and after the memorial service and funeral for former president Nelson Mandela that revealed a changed reality in South Africa, writes Tony Leon
Understanding the grief of Dlanga and Makgoba
Gareth van Onselen: As the ANC’s values and principles die a slow death, what stage of grief applies to party loyalists who patrol the frontline?
TORQUE: Next bubble is securitised car loans
Car loans securitisation doesn’t sound that bad but it only takes a spark to start a fire, writes David Gleason
Davos offers forum for SA to grapple with its own issues
At Davos, business and the government have cause to try to repair the damage to international investor perceptions, writes Hilary Joffe
Private equity tendencies will serve Lamberti well
Last year will not be the last time Mark Lamberti’s Transaction Capital sells one of its divisions and returns some of the sweet proceeds to shareholders, writes Phakamisa Ndzamela
THICK END OF THE WEDGE: ANC to get a mighty fright
The ANC will win the election but is likely to get a mighty fright, which is exactly what it needs, writes Peter Bruce
Consumer preferences in Africa a stew of nuance and complexity
Companies that fail to dig deep into the consumer psyche in African markets before making a move are bound to fail writes Dianna Games
Mandela’s about-turn on nationalisation
South Africa’s policy makers need to follow Mandela’s lead and actively woo foreign investors, especially those who might invest directly in the country, writes Gavin Keeton
A business foundation built on flexibility and fun
If you dream big, stay flexible and strive to help your customers, you may find your small business is becoming big business, writes Richard Branson
ON WORK: We live in a golden age for office workers
Working life in 2014 is not worse than it was in 1964: for privileged professionals at least, it is better than it has ever been, writes Lucy Kellaway
ON THE WATER: Fifth year too late to teach morals
The idea that behavioural responses to normative beliefs in ideal standards can be taught via a lectern is untenable, writes Neels Blom
BULL’S EYE: Of debt, daredevils and drugs
Pay off debt, because accrued interest does a nasty job of eating away returns earned elsewhere
TAX TALK: No money to fool around after matric!
With 14-million out of 52-million South Africans unemployed, there just isn’t time or money to fool around after matric writes Matthew Lester
A storm is gathering for state airlines
Public enterprises minister discovers how far off the mark he was with ideas on how to make state’s enterprises the linchpin of economic development, writes David Gleason
Please stop calling the Black Stars BaGhana BaGhana
South Africans’ nickname elides the team emblem’s connection to Ghana’s struggle against colonialism, writes Sipho Hlongwane
Youth still very keen on news — just differently
Young people with internet access may not be reading newspapers, but they are consuming more news than ever, writes Anton Harber
Struggle will not be forgotten come the election
Come election day, my cross will be for a party that guarantees us the realisation of the aspirations of our liberation struggle, writes Thami Mazwai
Fikile Mbalula: An unbearably useless individual
In an accountable democracy, Mbalula would have been fired years ago, writes Gareth van Onselen
This brutal police state in which we live
Service delivery protests are essentially political, and the police are doing their damndest to quash them, writes Sipho Hlongwane
TORQUE: A safe bet Medupi will not be ready
The odds are 10 to one that the first generating set at Medupi power station will not be commissioned this year, writes David Gleason
IN THE MARKETS: Not tempting Lady Luck, profit-takers lift the rand
The South African currency has surprised friend and foe alike by actually appreciating in the face of real adverse news, writes Maarten Mittner
JAZZ: Hamba kahle to South African jazz greats
The contributions to the South African music made by reed player and composer Yusuf Lateef and poet Amiri Baraka will never be forgotten, writes Gwen Ansell
Sadly there is no cure for windy politicians
It’s a pity action can’t be taken to prevent diarrhoea of the verbal strain during the build-up to the election, writes Dave Marrs
The climate debate has stalled
The debate, in the sense of anthropogenic global warming, has reached an impasse, writes Simon Lincoln Reader
THE INSIDER: SABC neither education nor entertainment
THE latest diatribe from the CWU makes one wonder if its leadership is watching the same drivel from SABC that the majority of SA’s populace has to endure
What is the solution, Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula?
Every time Bafana lose, the pressure to sack Igesund grows. It’s the easy and political solution but it’s not been the right solution for many years now, writes Sipho Hlongwane
Zuma has upper hand in policy struggle
Zuma has captured more pieces than opponents in battle for soul of tripartite alliance, writes Aubrey Matshiqi
Know your Mmusi Maimane
Gareth van Onselen on Mmusi Maimane, the DA candidate for the premiership of a province that is home to Africa’s biggest economy
Amcu the thorn in Motlanthe’s side
No better person to drive change in mining industry than Kgalema Motlanthe but some things are out of his control, writes Sipho Hlongwane
Law plays catch-up with dope smokers and bankers
Legislators now see fit to lighten up on ‘druggies’ and tighten up on the guardians of our savings, the bankers, writes Mark Barnes
Would you want to have Kevin Pietersen in your team?
Kevin Pietersen is difficult, self-regarding, occasionally irresponsible and, in the right frame of mind, outrageously talented, writes Michael Skapinker
IN THE MARKETS: Some big lessons from the epic rise and fall of gold
The rise and fall of gold reflects all of the usual errors that emotional investors make, writes Michel Pireu
Flashes of genius put SA in the world arena
Despite all the doom and gloom that is our politics, pockets of genius shining through everywhere, showing that South Africa can still compete with the best in the world, writes Duncan McLeod
THE LAST WORD: Time and tide wait for no press team
Why is Telkom finding it so difficult to shake its sorry past of crossed wires, bumbling bosses and incompetence?
THIS IS THE BUSINESS: Dodgy dealers play the currency casino
If the currency is strong, then presumably so is the country, but as we know this is not always the case
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