TWEET OF THE WEEK: ANC’s Bashir behaviour entirely consistent
John Steenhuisen’s tweet invokes the ANC’s pandering to Indonesian dictator Suharto and Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi, writes Gareth van Onselen
THICK END OF THE WEDGE: China a hard hand for SA to hold on to
Peter Bruce: Tito Mboweni is tweeting what much of the ANC’s middle-class base is thinking: what idiot let Bashir into SA in the first place?
THE INSIDER: Is it OK to lie or have you forgotten your age?
Legendary store OK Bazaars brand would be 88 without the name change
Pre-budget dialogue could avert wage wars
Government’s failure to do the right thing during talks reflects an absence of trust in the negotiating process, writes Mzukisi Qobo
HALF ART: Sobering slice of our fragility
Democracy in SA, the subtitle seems to imply, is a temporary thing, writes Chris Thurman
‘Enemy within’ allows real issues to escape scrutiny
Mandate of the police is not vengeance — it is to investigate and bring those responsible to book, writes Natasha Marrian
Young South Africans harbour new thoughts
Poor youth bitter over South African exiled elite who have come home to make money, writes Jonny Steinberg
STREET DOGS: Not rational
Michel Pireu: How do we carry on making decisions once we’ve acknowledged that we’re not rational?
LIQUID INVESTMENTS: Head off the beaten track to find the Cape’s premium chenin blancs
From the perspective of a wine tourist, Cape Town is pretty much unique, writes Michael Fridjhon
Disarray at Eskom is a shocker
Result of chaos at Eskom is that no one knows for sure where the money is going and where it can be saved, writes Bronwyn Nortje
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LAW MATTERS: Dreading the slippery slope
South Africans tend to see every bad thing that happens as a possible tipping point that could turn us into a banana republic, writes Franny Rabkin
Inspired by creative ideas that alter lives
Two great projects show that ideas demonstrate the power creativity has to change the world’s wrongs, writes Suhana Gordhan
The death of two political newsletters
Gareth van Onselen: The demise of ANC Today and the DA’s SA Today hastens SA’s slide into the superficial. Long live the sound bite!
Local companies are still investing — just not here
Reserve Bank quarterly bulletin shows foreign direct investors in SA actually pulled money out during the first quarter, writes Hillary Joffe
THE INSIDER: Illegal immigrants now deported congenially
Perception is everything: so it is with deportation firms MyBoet General Trading and Tlhago Nature Travellers
AT HOME AND ABROAD: When undercover agents lay claim to serving humanity
As intelligence agencies know the real thinking of their opponents the task falls to them to speak truth to power, as did Niel Barnard, writes Allister Sparks
Our arts and culture belong at home, not abroad
Treating the Department of Arts and Culture as a junior post is a serious mistake, writes Phakamisa Ndzamela
LETTER FROM LONDON: UK visa changes would hit SA firms and nurses
British businesses warn against Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposals to tighten visa regulations for skilled migrants, writes Marvin Meintjies
Three reasons why SA cricketers will make the great trek to England
Kolpak cricketers are the EPO of county cricket — everybody bemoans them, everybody acknowledges that they are performance-enhancing, writes Neil Manthorp
THE INSIDER: Now let’s landscape some greenbacks
It would be nice if Dube TradePort and aerotropolis could get down to the business of making some money for KwaZulu-Natal
Balance key to maximising hits
What investors can learn from a failed climb on Everest, Swami Kuvalayananda, the big dawgs at the casinos and photo finishes, writes Michel Pireu
UNEMBARGOED: Lessons from companies as SA Inc continues to decline
Decline can always be arrested. The question is whether we have the collective will to do what is needed to arrest it, writes Songezo Zibi
ON THE WATER: The law may be an ass, but it’s all we’ve got
Prepare for life under a despotic regime, but first consider what we have lost, writes Neels Blom
The DA’s new economic direction
Efforts to fix the shattered economy are going to require a political backbone of reinforced steel and a leadership that is ready for a very ugly but critical fight, writes Gareth van Onselen
ON THE MONEY: Exchange control violates our rights
The specific provisions targeted by Mark Shuttleworth are well and truly archaic, writes Stuart Theobald
Beginner’s guide to investing on the JSE
Cheap, easy sector, geographic diversification offered by exchange-traded products is preferable to individual company shares, writes Robert Laing
THE INSIDER: Sledging at work leads to Australian’s dismissal
Firing someone for breaching safety is one thing and is fair enough, but chucking someone out for having a robust exchange of views is quite another
LETTER FROM CAPE TOWN: Too soon to panic? I’m hoping against hope it is
Echoes of the ’80s resurrect fear SA’s current trajectory will take us to a bad end unless something drastic happens to change direction, writes Dave Marrs
‘Never let evidence get in way of a good prejudice’
If a national minimum wage is introduced, and its effect is not what the doomsayers insist it will be, the prejudices may begin to erode, writes Steven Friedman
STREET DOGS: Why investors do what they do
Why investors can safely ignore those who provide ready explanations, why some find it hard to ignore the media and some can’t be saved
Why Africa must learn from Europe’s mistakes
What comes out of the Al-Bashir debacle is a strong sense that Africa is as arbitrary and inconsistent as we ever were about the law and accountability, writes Xhanti Payi
Packaging row is all smoke and mirrors
If we condone unplain tobacco packaging, and the violation of smokers’ constitutional right to human dignity, we will be defenceless when our turn comes, writes Leon Louw
Consumer firms need a new clock to punch
Businesses at the cutting edge of the convenience revolution rearrange their business model for speed and efficiency, writes Trudi Makhaya
VRROOM WITH A VIEW: Offendotrons — beware my pootling headbanger
Alexander Parker: The BMW X6M is so exhausting that it has on occasion defeated me
STRAIGHT TALK: Warmed by the zeal in the cold
CEO sleepout in Sandton last Thursday night was an extraordinary gathering — for a whole bunch of reasons, writes Mark Barnes
STREET DOGS: What investors have in common with bees
What investors have in common with bees: A negative cognitive bias and say-something syndrome, writes Michel Pireu
Murky nuclear plan no light at end of tunnel
Government’s proposal for building nuclear power stations will bring even greater and more costly obstacles to restoring a reliable, affordable electricity supply for all, writes Gavin Keeton
Recalling only glory while dismissing failure is big flaw in SA rugby mind-set
SA has no representation in Super Rugby’s semifinals for the first time since 2003, writes Mark Keohane
ON WORK: We cannot deny that ego is everything — even at the sink
It is ludicrous to entertain the idea that our egos can ever be left at the door, writes Lucy Kellaway
Investors buying into hype, not reality, in Africa’s consumer markets
Nestlé story raises more questions about hype than reality in Africa’s consumer markets, writes Dianna Games
Analysts struggle to pin down SA’s course
Contrary to critics’ assertions, SA did not stand arm in arm with an African leader in defiance of western imperialism: Bashir had to run away, writes Anthony Butler
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