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Exchange controls send wrong signal to investors

South African entrepreneur and multibillionaire Mark Shuttleworth. Picture: BUSINESS DAY
13 hour(s) ago

Mark Shuttleworth’s case against the constitutionality of exchange controls is important for all South Africans, writes Leon Louw

Columnists

High price for getting sums wrong

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13 hour(s) ago

There might be cause to worry about three critical numbers: GDP, inflation and population, writes David Gleason

Editorials

EDITORIAL: A repeat of 2008 is looming in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
13 hour(s) ago

That President Robert Mugabe stage-managed a Constitutional Court ruling forcing him to hold elections is obvious

BD Alpha

Myanmar’s growth challenge

(Left to right) World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab, Vietnam PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Myanmar leader Thein Sein and Laos PM Thongsing Thammavong at the opening ceremony of the WEF on East Asia, in Myanmar earlier this month.  Picture: REUTERS
12 hour(s) ago

Myanmar needs investment in a variety of sectors beyond energy and mining, and a significant boost in productivity, write Martin N Baily and Richard Dobbs

Columnists

Monkey business: SA’s top 10 animal insults

13 hour(s) ago

Animal insults appear in vogue, even if animals have always played a disproportionate part in SA’s political discourse, writes Gareth van Onselen

Opinion & Analysis

West shifts to statism as China does the opposite

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13 hour(s) ago

In 10 years, the share of state-directed bank lending in China has fallen from 92% of new credit creation to less than half, writes Alexander Friedman

Columnists

Ramphele could help trim the ANC’s ‘absolute power’

14 hour(s) ago

Too long in office without a serious electoral challenge is precisely that — absolute power, writes Allister Sparks

Former CIA computer technician Edward Snowden. Picture: REUTERS

EDITORIAL: Electronic snooping: throwing stones in glass houses

All governments do it, the argument goes; they always have and always will
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Julius Malema has no support among the poor and no sense of how to speak for people at the grass-roots, writes Steven Friedman

Malema hype is a symptom of middle-class fear

Simon Lincoln Reader: Even a brief glance over the history of oil will tell you that whoever coined the phrase ‘resources curse’ was probably staring ...

How Nigeria’s welcome oil discovery became its curse

Columnists

A simple test for Julius Malema

11 hour(s) ago

If Julius Malema is hoping to exploit divisions within the tripartite alliance, he couldn’t have picked a better time, writes Sipho Hlongwane

Columnists

IN THE MARKETS: Retirement needs more saving than you may think

13 hour(s) ago

The number of professionals who have not saved enough to retire is about 10%-20%, writes Bronwyn Nortje

Editorials

THE SCOTSMAN: Not Caledonian vuvuzelas

13 hour(s) ago

Initial reports of a bagpipe ban at the first clash between Scotland and England for almost 15 years have been clarified

Columnists

THE INSIDER: Another agency in need of an urgent wake-up call

13 hour(s) ago

Turning up for a talk show on a radio station is more hard talk than hard work

BD Alpha

Central banking’s new face

A man looks at an electronic board displaying a news photo of Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda in Tokyo, Japan, in May.  Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Abenomics and the Bank of Japan are already changing debates about the relationship between central banks and governments, writes Paola Subacchi

Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON

One-size-fits-all plan unlikely to pass constitutional muster

Paul Hoffman: The introduction of the new-look public service will be problematic and controversial but will it be constitutional?

Editorials

EDITORIAL: Poll a battle for the ‘born-frees’

Young people join in Youth Day celebrations in New Castle, Madadeni, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday.  Picture: GCIS
1 day(s) ago

The ANC will not be able to depend on its youth league’s organisational ability to bring in the votes of the ‘born-free’ generation next year

Columnists

Some things must be private, even in hi-tech world

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1 day(s) ago

In your personal space, you should be guaranteed absolute privacy, unless you’re breaking the law, writes Mark Barnes

Columnists

Have a little sympathy for Igesund and Bafana

1 day(s) ago

Don’t react to this setback by going back to the drawing board once again, writes Sipho Hlongwane

Columnists

Parliamentary memo: don’t forget to send in the clowns

Palesa Morudu promo
1 day(s) ago

As the economic crisis draws more people into politics, the present clown show in Parliament will become irrelevant, writes Palesa Morudu

Americas

LETTER FROM AMERICA: Microsoft chief mulls bigger part in pulling customers’ strings

Letter from America
1 day(s) ago

If you live in an advanced economy, you shed useable data about yourself around the clock in ways even George Orwell would have found hard to imagine, writes Simon Barber

Columnists

Big four banks letting their clients in Mthatha down

1 day(s) ago

Majority of big-four banks demonstrate that poor service delivery is not restricted to government services, writes Phakamisa Ndzamela

Columnists

THICK END OF THE WEDGE: More complex than it seems

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1 day(s) ago

Peter Bruce: Many of South Africa’s problems are buried deep in the past and are prey to devious interpretation

Columnists

Social entrepreneurs are our everyday heroes

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2 day(s) ago

Business and government must encourage social entrepreneurs to focus on problem areas such as health, education, climate change and social care, writes Richard Branson

Columnists

A cup of tea may be the best way to engage employees

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2 day(s) ago

Liking your job comes from three things, none of which employers can control, writes Lucy Kellaway

Opinion & Analysis

Association wants to pluck cash-strapped consumers

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3 day(s) ago

Rather than protectionism, poultry producers should embrace innovation, writes Chris Logan

Columnists

TAX TALK: Ignore Tax Administration Act at your peril

Matthew Lester promo
3 day(s) ago

Every tax nightmare has a potential remedy in the act, writes Matthew Lester

Editorials

EDITORIAL: Electronic snooping: throwing stones in glass houses

Former CIA computer technician Edward Snowden. Picture: REUTERS
13 hour(s) ago

All governments do it, the argument goes; they always have and always will

Columnists

How Nigeria’s welcome oil discovery became its curse

13 hour(s) ago

Simon Lincoln Reader: Even a brief glance over the history of oil will tell you that whoever coined the phrase ‘resources curse’ was probably staring at Nigeria

Columnists

Malema hype is a symptom of middle-class fear

Steven Friedman promo
13 hour(s) ago

Julius Malema has no support among the poor and no sense of how to speak for people at the grass-roots, writes Steven Friedman

Columnists

Doublethink one area of major growth in SA

Tony Leon promo
1 day(s) ago

Accepting two contradictory beliefs simultaneously chimes with an area of economic diplomacy that manifests itself as a race to the bottom, writes Tony Leon

Columnists

Hard for Shuttleworth to win if he sounds like a whingeing whitey

Stuart Theobald promo
1 day(s) ago

No matter how logical an argument, it can fail to persuade because of who is presenting it, writes Stuart Theobald

Editorials

FINANCIAL TIMES: ERT switch-off a good start

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.   Picture: REUTERS
1 day(s) ago

Claims that Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is clamping down on critical voices by switching off the national broadcaster are off the mark

Opinion & Analysis

Moving beyond the Cartesian revolution

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1 day(s) ago

In the context of the deep-seated crises, progressive voices are asking about alternative ways to facilitate knowledge and wisdom, writes Jeffrey Sehume

Columnists

Why you should not trust a political analyst

1 day(s) ago

Our faith in SA’s political witchdoctors is misplaced, writes Gareth van Onselen

Columnists

Will crucial Zimbabwe poll end up being more of the same?

Dianna Games promo
1 day(s) ago

The build-up to the election in Zimbabwe has many worrying hallmarks of previous flawed elections, writes Dianna Games

Opinion & Analysis

Financial Services Board: we act within our mandate

3 day(s) ago

Board often accused of sitting on its hands and doing nothing when it is alerted to the wrongdoing of financial service providers, writes Dube Tshidi

Opinion & Analysis

We can solve mine problems

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3 day(s) ago

What is happening in the mining industry will determine SA’s next rating in the next Global Competitiveness Report, writes Kuseni Dlamini

Columnists

THIS IS THE BUSINESS: Survé gets wrong end of the stick

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3 day(s) ago

Stephen Mulholland on Tony O’Reilly, the Independent takeover and juvenile tweets by Iqbal Survé of Sekunjalo

Opinion & Analysis

Slowed down by traffic and visa scraps

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3 day(s) ago

Trade and investment held ransom by lack of access, Jana Marais writes

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The Third Umpire

Acting national director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba. She wants Glynnis Breytenbach dismissed and has filed papers to that effect, despite the disciplinary hearing ’s ruling. You lost. Move on.

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Icasa chairman Stephen Mncube. Threatening foreign journalists outside Madiba’s hospital about some of their “unlicensed” equipment is unreasonable and disingenuous in the era of 24/7 international news.

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Eskom CEO Brian Dames. Signing an agreement with contractors and unions at two new power stations to “ensure consistent and acceptable treatment” of workers is a good start. Let’s hope it ends well too.

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