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Atul Gupta, centre, and Rajesh Gupta, left, at the ANC ’s elective conference in Mangaung in December last year.  Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

EDITORIAL: Ethics needed in word and in deed

Credibility is something that is earned, not inherited along with the levers of state power

EDITORIAL: Language is a job for school

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15 hour(s) ago

Every school in the country ought to be equipped to offer instruction in a second language other than Afrikaans

EDITORIAL: CEOs swell the ranks of the jobless

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1 day(s) ago

Tough corporate conditions are doing what militant unionists in South Africa wish they could — pushing well-paid business leaders out the door

FINANCIAL TIMES: Clear up murky oil markets

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4 day(s) ago

Raids on the offices of several oil majors this week have shed more light on the lack of transparency and regulation in commodities markets

EDITORIAL: At the mercy of the taxman

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4 day(s) ago

The Tax Administration Act brings with it tremendous new powers for the South African Revenue Service

EDITORIAL: Gigaba’s odd ideas about business

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba addresses a media briefing after delivering his budget speech on Tuesday. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
5 day(s) ago

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba’s sense of timing is almost as poor as his understanding of how business works

EDITORIAL: A week off for a week’s pay?

Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON
5 day(s) ago

Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk’s proposal to develop low-cost holiday resorts for working-class South Africans is a doable idea

NEW YORK POST: Foxes ruling US’s henhouse

6 day(s) ago

In the past few weeks, a crime spree in Albany has converted the state legislature into one giant 'rubber room' — for politicians

EDITORIAL: How much should we pay?

6 day(s) ago

The question we grapple with as a society is what price we are prepared to pay to 'normalise' South Africa

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Wiretapping the internet

New rules will have to strike the right balance between privacy and cybersecurity

EDITORIAL: Amcu threatens its own position

Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa addresses members at the Wonderkop Stadium at Marikana on Wednesday. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO
4 day(s) ago

If democratic worker representation is Amcu’s goal, it should be supporting Lonmin’s efforts to review the union recognition system

FINANCIAL TIMES: Sugar rush from Abenomics

1 day(s) ago

Whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ended Japan’s poor growth spell for good is doubtful

NEW YORK TIMES: Fatal flaws in death penalty

Florida's Timely Justice Act would require the state to execute a defendant within 180 days of a death warrant.  Picture: THINKSTOCK
5 day(s) ago

Florida is one of the few states that allows a jury to recommend a death sentence based on a majority vote

EDITORIAL: South African businesses eye escape abroad

6 day(s) ago

According to a Grant Thornton survey, 19% of local businesses are placing investments offshore rather than in South Africa

EDITORIAL: ANC not for testing leaders

ANC Free State chairman Ace Magashule. Picture: THE TIMES
7 day(s) ago

The Free State ANC’s unwillingness to test Ace Magashule’s popularity is a sad indictment of the party’s attitude to democracy in the organisation and South Africa

EDITORIAL: Congo mission is fraught with risk

LEFT BEHIND: A DRC rebel fighter collects bullets from the floor at a military barracks abandoned earlier this week by fleeing government soldiers after rebels captured the town of Goma. Picture: REUTERS
7 day(s) ago

The DRC will remain Africa’s Gulliver, tormented by its puny neighbours and impeding progress on the colossal power that should be transforming the continent as a whole

DAILY NATION: End mixed signals on International Criminal Court

MAKING CUTS: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects the honour guard before the opening of parliament at the National Assembly Chamber in the capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday. Picture: REUTERS
7 day(s) ago

Different arms of government have been sending mixed signals on Kenya’s position on the trials at the International Criminal Court

EDITORIAL: Problems stored up for the future

Striking workers are shown standing idle outside an Anglo American mine in Rustenburg last month.  Picture: SOWETAN
8 day(s) ago

Anglo American Platinum’s new restructuring plan has many risks

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The Third Umpire

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. The report by Parliament’s research unit proves conclusively that she is not up to the task. She needs to take a long fishing break.

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National Union of Metalworkers of SA general secretary Irvin Jim, for his thinly veiled threats about his union not approving foreign welders at Medupi, which are, surely, a prelude to instigating strike action.

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Mining magnate Mick Davis. He has taken Xstrata from a $500m business to a $50bn one, and fully deserves his payout — and we expect he might be spending more time in SA, which might be good for us too.

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