EDITORIAL: Ebola challenges our assumptions
With the US confirming its second case of Ebola, it is apparent that containment may not be as simple as the world initially assumedEDITORIAL: Need to push for infrastructure
Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors have cited infrastructure investment as critical to boost the global growth rate by 2%
EDITORIAL: Encouraging notes at mining indaba
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi seems to have an open mind on the mining industry
EDITORIAL: Make every month economics month
The message from the IMF is that SA needs to sort out its labour relations environment and start delivering on infrastructure investment plans
EDITORIAL: SA has to face up to Eskom’s needs
Eskom is in serious financial trouble and needs money to have a decent chance of keeping the lights on
EDITORIAL: Wage demand unrealistic
Government’s reaction to demand for a 15% wage increase is something the Reserve Bank may need to act upon
EDITORIAL: US picks up as Europe dawdles
US has had to drive global growth as the economies of Europe and even Asia fall back
EDITORIAL: Banking on a vote-winner
It is not clear whether Paul Mashatile has done much research into the nuts and bolts of his ambitious plan to create a state bank
EDITORIAL: All is not well with job creation in SA
The lack of jobs growth in the private sector reflects a lack of dynamism in the economy, while SA can no longer afford to keep employing more public servants
EDITORIAL: Elephant in room invisible to ANC
President Jacob Zuma has become the main impediment to the ANC achieving its policy goals
EDITORIAL: Rand rate has a sorry tale to tell
It is not looking good for the rand. Once again, South Africa’s currency has been hit
EDITORIAL: Extreme caution needed on nuclear
It is profoundly problematic that government has arrived at this decision and is proceeding to wheel and deal when the document that informs it, and the public, is being withheld
EDITORIAL: SA must demand effective policing
Steep uptick in serious crimes is worrying while not much evidence that police have workable strategy in place to bring matters under control
EDITORIAL: Marcus deserves much praise
Outgoing governor Gill Marcus has put a great deal of effort into building the Reserve Bank as an institution for the long term
EDITORIAL: RBPlat shows leadership
Platinum miner has to be commended for continuously trying to find new ways of effectively managing SA’s very difficult labour relations environment
EDITORIAL: Skills crisis needs more than money
Political will and a change of mind-set at the top are required to properly address the skills crisis in South Africa
EDITORIAL: Using law to placate public
While the Oscar Pistorius verdict may have grabbed the lion’s share of the headlines, the NPA has reason to reflect on a bad run in other high-profile cases, tooEDITORIAL: Parliament failed on Tlakula
IEC court action raises questions about the role of Parliament in the Tlakula fiasco
EDITORIAL: Earning more than kudos
Daniel Matjila and his colleagues at the Public Investment Corporation should never forget on whose behalf they act
EDITORIAL: Playing politics on e-tolls
The ANC in Gauteng must provide well thought-through alternatives to paying for the freeways
EDITORIAL: Reserve Bank appointment sets good example
Kganyago’s appointment is being read by market players as a signal of policy continuity
EDITORIAL: China still stuck in autocratic treacle
The Chinese government has refused to countenance political reform that would enhance its citizens’ freedoms and elevate the country to the level of modern democracies
EDITORIAL: SAA’s story offers some hard lessons
Serious consideration should be given to merging SAA, SA Express and Mango
EDITORIAL: Health staff policy baffling
There is a desperate shortage of medical personnel, yet foreign doctors and nurses find it virtually impossible to register and obtain work permits
EDITORIAL: Water crisis of its own making
SA is a water-scarce country and there have been lots of warnings that water can become constraint on economic growth
EDITORIAL: Support carbon tax in principle
Companies and individuals who care about what sort of world their descendants will inhabit should at least support concept of a carbon tax
EDITORIAL: Use democracy to fight IS
While US president’s sense of broader responsibility for responding to IS continues to resonate, it was British Prime Minister David Cameron who struck a more realistic and measured tone
EDITORIAL: Lagos shows SA’s good side
Government’s recent burst of bombast pales compared with appalling incompetence and unfeeling indifference displayed by its Nigerian counterpart in the wake of the TB Joshua church disaster
EDITORIAL: Do not delay with Marcus successor
Presidency’s failure to make decisions timeously can be measured by the rand’s fall
EDITORIAL: Beware ills of protectionism
It has become trite to warn that success or failure of NDP will ultimately depend on how it is implemented but it is a reality that cannot be glossed over
EDITORIAL: Avoid emotional lawmaking
There are many good reasons to pass laws, but emotion is not one of them
EDITORIAL: Clarity needed on cross-border deals
Now seems a good time to revive the discussion on cross-border deals
EDITORIAL: Next time, consult better
Partnership between the government and business should be an ongoing effort to work together to build efficiency and effectiveness in our bureaucracy
The Third Umpire
President Jacob Zuma. It is he, not a finance minister with minimal political clout, who should be appealing for moderation in public sector wage demands. SA is on the brink of another economically disastrous rating cut.
Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute director Ani Tsondru. The government may have good reasons for keeping the details of its nuclear agreements secret, but if so let’s hear them.
Former Safa vice-president Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana, who is wasting everyone’s time resisting his dismissal. A large majority of conference delegates voted to uphold the decision. What clearer message could there be?
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