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

EDITORIAL: Amcu threatens its own position

If democratic worker representation is Amcu’s goal, it should be supporting Lonmin’s efforts to review the union recognition system
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EDITORIAL: At the mercy of the taxman

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
3 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
3 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

4 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?

4 day(s) ago

The question we grapple with as a society is what price we are prepared to pay to 'normalise' 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
5 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
5 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
6 day(s) ago

Anglo American Platinum’s new restructuring plan has many risks

EDITORIAL: Time for Africa to seize the moment

President Jacob Zuma, left, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) plenary session on BRICS on Thursday, with WEF founder Prof Klaus Schwab, who chaired the session.  Picture: GCIS
9 day(s) ago

This is an exciting time for Africa, with investors scouring the continent for opportunities in what is considered the world’s last frontier of growth

Picture: REUTERS

FINANCIAL TIMES: Clear up murky oil markets

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

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
3 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

4 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
5 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

FINANCIAL TIMES: Fair deal for poor countries

Picture: BUSINESS TIMES
6 day(s) ago

When citizens do not know how much their governments are paid for minerals, they cannot ensure the revenue is well spent

EDITORIAL: Of elves and fairy tales...

Picture: THINKSTOCK
9 day(s) ago

The sun has sadly set on the blissful age of free information and a new age has begun

FINANCIAL TIMES: Chance to reinvigorate the World Trade Organisation

9 day(s) ago

Can Roberto Azevêdo as the head of the World Trade Organisation revive an organisation struggling to retain its influence?

EDITORIAL: Analysis of BEE costs needed

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
10 day(s) ago

It is bad enough for potential investors to know that the playing field is tilted against them; even worse when they are not sure how steep the slope is going to be

THE NEW YORK TIMES: US accuses China of attacks

10 day(s) ago

There seems little doubt that China’s computer hackers are engaged in an aggressive campaign of cyberespionage directed at a range of government and private systems in the US

EDITORIAL: Jobs wanted, not promises

Picture: THINKSTOCK
11 day(s) ago

People want opportunities, not handouts, and that means actual jobs, not more promises

THE GUARDIAN, NIGERIA: Seeing through glass darkly

11 day(s) ago

The limiting characteristics of the ban on tinted glass in Nigeria outweighs the benefits

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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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