ON THE MONEY: State must act on unsecured lenders’ bad faith practices
For a government that professes to care about the poor the state of this regulation is an embarrassment, writes Stuart Theobald
STRAIGHT TALK: Beyond lose-lose wage talks
If the government insists on creating jobs where none are required, it should be prepared to face the inevitable job cuts, writes Mark Barnes
Toothpicks are symbolic of Nigeria’s industrial policy weakness
Nigeria’s best chance of building a consumer class is by enabling the growth of efficient and sustainable manufacturing companies, writes Dianna Games
Global fall in metal prices calls for cool heads
Government, mining companies and the trade unions need to talk, not shout, so that job losses can be minimised, writes Gavin Keeton
ON THE WATER: Anti-hunting gang stands on a rotten carcass
Professional hunters are this week’s distraction because they exploit hunters’ bloodlust for mere money, writes Neels Blom
UNEMBARGOED: Consumers to pay for Zuma’s nuclear tsunami
The arrogant government faces no real consequences and will have SA’s consumers on the road to ruin, writes Songezo Zibi
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THICK END OF THE WEDGE: This isn’t government. This is just drivel
The economy is truly doomed if Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi represents Cabinet’s consensus view on the roles of the state and the private sector, writes Peter Bruce
Effect of bullies on Musk is not rocket science
Elon Musk will almost certainly have lived one of the most fascinating lives of the 21st century, writes Simon Lincoln Reader
LIQUID INVESTMENTS: Tasting for Nederburg Auction unveils the princes-in-waiting
Distell will profit from the skills and insights of Nederburg cellarmaster Razvan Macici, writes Michael Fridjhon
HALF ART: Recognising a hero’s flaws in a faraway plaster cast
Clive Rice was a man to hold a grudge, distrusted transformation and hated Cricket SA, writes Chris Thurman
Pulling Port Elizabeth academy funds deals blow to development
South African Rugby Union’s bizarre withdrawal of funding for its academy in Port Elizabeth a blow to Southern Kings and black rugby-rich region, writes Liz McGregor
STREET DOGS: Grand strategy
Charles Elli, looks at where today’s professional investors might find common ground with Sun Tzu, writes Michel Pireu
DA and the ‘failed state’
As the opposition tries to move away from its doom and gloom scaremongering, it will find the biggest culprits are its own leaders, writes Gareth van Onselen
Racist Russians and feeble Fifa could be in for a shock come 2018
‘Gross and ugly’ racism in Russian football a black cloud over the 2018 World Cup, writes Mninawa Ntloko
Links in value chains driving BBBEE
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development champions broad-based black economic empowerment as a means to reduce poverty and inequality, writes Thami Mazwai
ANC ‘shift’ paints a false picture of the poor
Conservatives who blame poor people for their poverty have a new friend — the African National Congress and its allies, writes Steven Friedman
Cricket is also about smashing self-delusion to reality’s boundary
Cricketers are asked just as frequently to practise self-deception rather than opposition deception. And as millions of retired cricketers will testify, they need it, writes Neil Manthorp in Dhaka
STREET DOGS: Engineers
Professional investors may have more in common with engineers than other professions, writes Michel Pireu
VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Car companies will autocorrect their tech troubles
This industry moves so fast that any legislation will be comically out of date by the time they get round to passing it, writes Alexander Parker
THE INSIDER: Stage set for Zuma’s take on Aesop’s fables
Not all of the costs — such as the Nkandla amphitheatre decoys and security cluckers aka chickens — can be publicly disclosed for fear of compromising national security
ON THE WATER: Beware the face of the man in the ashtray
In an instance of pareidolia the face of SA’s next president appears in the ashtray and it is not Jacob Zuma’s, writes Neels Blom
Few silver bullets from taxation for SA’s woes
Tax committee’s work is now beginning to bear fruit in a series of fascinating analytical papers, writes Anthony Butler
STREET DOGS: From the QI Book of the dead
There is something oddly liberating about those who die with nothing, writes Michel Pireu
THE INSIDER: Shark cage operators plumb the depths
Trying to somehow profit from Aussie surf champ Mick Fanning’s narrow escape is amoral
Link between stock market indices and newspapers nothing new
That Nikkei is both a newspaper group and stock market index provides no surprises considering market indices invented by two newspapermen, writes Robert Laing
Find bright new ways to connect to readers
Edgy, emotionally charged reporting by dynamic young presenters may be a way to get millennials, especially in SA, to read more news, writes Anton Harber
THE INSIDER: The utter importance of being Robert Mugabe
Main apple-polisher George Charamba rates his boss’s importance as being on par with US President Barack Obama
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON: Knee-jerk communists kick at Agoa delusions
Rob Davies backs condemnation of Agoa as weapon of newly confident ‘monopoly capital’ to force neo-liberal policies down the throats of SA’s working class, writes Simon Barber
Hold the cupcakes, we need a movement
Women are not just a special interest group, but also political actors who can choose to use their power to change the experience of living as a woman in SA, writes Zama Ndlovu
‘Turn on your heaters and geysers’
One of your moral and patriotic duties is to maximise electricity consumption, as every watt you save conceals the extent of our catastrophe, writes Leon Louw
STREET DOGS: Volume
A crash might be easier to spot in liquidity signals than in weird patterns in price movements, writes Michel Pireu
Finding credibility in an inconsistent environment
Hilary Joffe: Does the Reserve Bank feel it needs to work particularly hard to ensure it is seen as credible and consistent given the current economic policy-making environment?
LETTER FROM NAIROBI: Obama’s visit seen as homecoming by Kenyans
Visit to Kenya by US President Barack Obama viewed as special homecoming by millions of Kenyans claiming him as one of their own, writes Muthoni Maingi
Black businesspeople must capitalise on FSB move
Financial Services Board’s move has created many more opportunities than expected, but black capital has not aggressively taken advantage of them, writes Phakamisa Ndzamela
Why the tribalism label is so hypocritical
President Jacob Zuma is not a tribalist, he is a conservative traditionalist, writes Nomalanga Mkhize
Investors should cast net wide
Different disciplines offer ‘different models’ of best practice in the bewildering phenomenon of the investment world, writes Michel Pireu
The DA’s policy fraud
The Democratic Alliance’s Vision 2029 is dishonest in its hyperbole and lack of meaningful policy — aided by a gulled media, writes Gareth van Onselen
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