EDITORIAL: Major challenges for next DA leader
Helen Zille’s successor will need to overcome icy ANC hostility and persuade voters their lived experience is understoodEDITORIAL: Eurozone pinch threat to exports
That so large a trading partner faces low average growth rates over the next few years must be a concern
EDITORIAL: Diplomacy trumps force
History will be kind to US President Barack Obama’s ‘softly spoken with a big stick’ diplomacy
EDITORIAL: Inflows welcome but with concerns
Rand has strengthen over the past few days in response to the recent Fed meeting, and since then about R30bn has flowed into SA’s equity and bond markets
EDITORIAL: Ignoring terrorist threats a big risk
There is more to combating terrorism than preventing physical attacks that have already been planned
EDITORIAL: China-led bank heralds new era
China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is set to compete with IMF and World Bank, and may dispense with the US as 'underwriter of the global economic system'
EDITORIAL: Treasury’s big stick may just work
Censure for consistent material breaches of a host of entities’ financial obligations may instil fiscal discipline
EDITORIAL: Elegant solution to a sticky problem
The government’s recognition that speed and collaboration are of the essence should provide some comfort for investors
EDITORIAL: Industrialists can’t simply be created
Black industrialists need the same as others: electricity, fewer strikes, and customers with cash in their pockets
EDITORIAL: Eskom fails to convince
We are facing a never-ending drip feed of steep electricity tariff increases that is becoming ever more burdensome, albeit ever more essential to ensure Eskom remains a going concern
EDITORIAL: Ailing system dooms NHI
Funding demands of state-owned enterprises such as Eskom, SAA and others have placed additional strain on SA’s finances
EDITORIAL: Nigeria’s economic and political risks
SA should look at the lessons Nigeria holds for economic policy and politics, and learn from them
EDITORIAL: Traditional leader power overstated
If President Jacob Zuma continues to undermine the fundamental rights of rural people he will surely lose their support
EDITORIAL: Tsotsi at heart of Eskom crisis
Tsotsi’s chairmanship should have rung alarm bells long ago, given that many competent executives were driven out during his tenure
EDITORIAL: Parties try to get balance right
ANC and other parties face conundrum as they square up to contest for power at vital level of local government
EDITORIAL: Netanyahu plays a dangerous game
A Palestinian state and US deal with Iran may force the Israeli government to engage more honestly with the fate of the Palestinians
EDITORIAL: It’s clear what SA needs to fix
If the government fails to take action to arrest SA’s economic decline it’s not because it hasn’t been told what’s wrong with the economy
EDITORIAL: Testing times for Baxter
Gold Fields’ quick and expensive labour deal a harbinger for Chamber of Mines CEO designate Roger BaxterEDITORIAL: Foolish to press on with carbon tax
Carbon tax needs to be aligned with the rest of the tax system as well as SA’s energy and climate response policies
EDITORIAL: Leaders without stature
Angry exchanges on social media reveal an intense bitterness lurking beneath the surface
EDITORIAL: Make Phiyega probe public
To prevent doubts being raised about whether he has a firm handle on his portfolio, Police Minister Nathi Nhleko needs to be transparent
EDITORIAL: SARS figures reassure
The revenue figures show that the tax office has been resilient enough to ride out its ructions
EDITORIAL: Perils of Cosatu’s implosion
The current strife does not make for a stable labour environment and unionised workers are unlikely to see their interests being put ahead of those of their leaders
EDITORIAL: SA scores an own goal
SA is only just starting to count the cost in terms of lost tourist visits under new visa regulations
EDITORIAL: Little room left to pause on rates
Balancing act between growth and inflation is always a tough one but this year could be tougher than ever
EDITORIAL: Jiba unfit for top NPA job
Persistently appointing unqualified and unsuitable people to positions of state authority has its consequences
EDITORIAL: Censure Ntlemeza for lying
How is the public expected to trust one of SA’s premier integrity units if its head is a man who lies under oath and fabricates submissions in order to mislead a court
EDITORIAL: A fractious alliance
Divisions in the tripartite alliance are already too deep to be reversible
EDITORIAL: Addled communications
Communications minister is rapidly becoming an unmitigated disaster for the broadcast sector
EDITORIAL: Grants are not the answer
Social grants are not meant to be a substitute for real incomes
EDITORIAL: Unnecessary bullying
Tension between the Fourth Estate and powerful people in society should not degenerate into dissembling, defamation and intimidation
EDITORIAL: Lesson of Collins Chabane’s death
Accident merely a repeat of the many similar incidents that claim the lives of South Africans who could have made an incalculable contribution to the prosperity of our society
EDITORIAL: Ambitious but misguided
The Film and Publications Board is not supposed to act as a prepublication censor
EDITORIAL: Slow off the digital mark
Regulatory, political and leadership failures in the digital realm have left SA eating the rest of the world’s dust
The Third Umpire
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, whose initiative to establish a comprehensive electronic health information system is welcome, regardless of whether it is needed for the proposed National Health Insurance system.
US President Barack Obama might be a lame duck when it comes to domestic politics but not in foreign affairs. His meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro represents progress in reversing the damage of the Cold War.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The country’s decision to repatriate thousands of Somali refugees in the wake of the horrific Garissa University massacre is a gross overreaction. They are not to blame.
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