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An African round hut in Lesotho.  Picture: THINKSTOCK

LETTER: SA has moral obligation to Sacu

Lesotho should continue to enjoy current Southern African Customs Union aid as reparations

LETTER: Another side to Sacu tariff story

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Southern African Customs Union can be improved

LETTER: Aftercare quandaries

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There is only so much middle-class SA families can afford

LETTER: No quick fix on land

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Changing the racial profile of agriculture is critical

LETTER: Piercing China’s smog

A couple on a scooter ride past construction projects and completed apartment buildings in Haikou, Hainan province, China. Picture: BLOOMBERG

Globalisation has changed governmental thinking on press freedom

LETTER: Cape Town wins test

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Impressed with City of Cape Town’s response time to its Twitter account

LETTER: Discerning ‘real’ CSR

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Corporate social responsibility goes beyond usual business

LETTER: Black and white care

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Different trends in SA private school aftercare

LETTER: The next crisis will be over water

Water from a burst pipe shoots  into the air next to a road near Motherwell, Port Elizabeth.  Picture: THE HERALD

No sense of urgency from President Jacob Zuma and his dithering government, including most municipalities, where failure to manage the water crisis is rife

LETTER: Injustice to Eskom

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Court hours do not back up claims Eskom’s power cuts are to blame for backlog

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LETTER: The JSE-osaurus

How long will stock exchanges be around?

LETTER: Purism misplaced

Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa addresses a post cabinet briefing on Thursday.  Picture: GCIS

Emission standards for Singapore’s petrochemical industry are not severe

LETTER: Bizarre tax proposals

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Abolishing income tax would require VAT to be doubled to 28%

LETTER: Land taxes cut costs

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Land taxes, a rates and taxes user charge, captures unearned revenues separate from personal earnings which arise from the occupiers’ labour or capital


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The Third Umpire

Now, was that so hard? President Jacob Zuma finally answered the million-dollar question on Wednesday, although it’s a pity his reply was so disingenuous. That’s not what the public protector recommended, sir.

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National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete, whose bias was never so clear as when Zuma ignored her request that the opposition be allowed to raise a point of order. Where are the White Shirts when you need them?

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Public Investment Corporation CEO Daniel Matjila. The state asset manager’s new approach of linking up with strategic partners that will jointly control and manage the companies it invests in sounds like a winner.

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