Editorials
11.9.2018 08:50 am
Tennis must address double standards
The reality is that Williams is a professional who earns her money from tennis – and a professional should stick to the rules.
It is interesting that two of the all-time greats of tennis – Billie-Jean King and John McEnroe – both came to the defence of superstar Serena Williams after her outburst at the US Open tournament over the weekend.
Tennis must address double standards
The reality is that Williams is a professional who earns her money from tennis – and a professional should stick to the rules.
Editorials
EFF hurt those they claim to care for
EFF intimidation was the last straw which caused the Catzavelos family to shut up their Smokehouse and Grill shop and retrench all 29 staff.
Columns
Hold politicians accountable for fatal incidents
Poor working conditions do not occur by accident, they are created by the poor and incompetent actions of management and political leaders.
Columns
There is a way to stop bribery of metro cops
Why can’t the authorities pay traffic officers commission on their fines?
Editorials
Ramaphosa, we all want a win-win outcome on land
South Africans are tired of seeing the rich getting richer, while the poor continue to struggle.
Columns
Trump and Co want to erase the idea of Palestinian refugees
What really matters is power, as Netanyahu helpfully pointed out, and he and Trump believe they hold all the cards.
Editorials
Bafana and Bok fans are demanding victories
Durban and Brisbane are worlds apart. Let’s hope they can provide the setting for South African wins today. Springbok and Bafana fans demand nothing less.
Editorials
Zondo must be firm with the Guptas
The public are tired of hearing how different rules are applied to the Guptas. South Africans are restless.
Columns
Jaundiced Eye: Poor Moyane must be so disappointed in Massone
He must have been dismayed by the performance last week of Bain & Company’s managing partner in South Africa.
Columns
Orchids and Onions – Nando’s not chicken in deflating egos
A huge fail for your billboard outside the Wanderers featuring the name ‘Rabada’, Web Africa. Speed over to collect your Onion.
Editorials
It is the duty of government to keep people safe
There are many other government buildings in a similar, or worse, state all over the country. And yet nothing seems to get done.
Editorials
Use overseas pros to investigate Steinhoff and its ilk
We should ask foreign governments to loan us people with the expertise to help in the investigations into this sort of white-collar business disaster.
Columns
Brazil and Lula’s road to hell, paved with good intentions
Rouseff’s Operation Car Wash, which targets both corrupt politicians and businesspeople who buy them up, has brought hope but destroyed Lula.
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Questions remain over Vincent Smith and Bosasa
Smith definitely has questions to answer about his relationship with Bosasa, a company which does billions of rands of business with the government.
Editorials
Ramaphosa is facing his biggest test
The problems the country faces are deep and serious. Now, he must make unpopular decisions – like cutting the civil service.
Columns
Ramaphosa is playing the long game
We should not blame him for keeping certain Zuma adherents in his Cabinet. He knows their time is coming – in 2019 when he starts his own term of office.
Columns
The rise in human trafficking must be curbed
Government will launch task forces for everything under the sun, so when are they going to do something to combat the rise of traffickers?
Editorials
The reality about farming in SA is food for thought
There is a worrying danger that our food producers may quit simply because they can no longer make a living off the land.
Editorials
Mayors ‘listen’, but voters are watching
We know that elections are coming and politicians’ sweet words seldom translate into real improvements for voters.
Columns
Let’s all be active citizens and build this country
Each community, including those which may appear dysfunctional, has that ability to make things better.
Columns
There’s no place like home
What’s left to come home to? A friendly response from passport officers at our airports, a beaming tour bus operator, neighbours and our pups.
Editorials
EFF: Mobsters or revolutionaries?
EFF members, following the example of the leadership, espouse and practise violence when it is needed to get their way.
Editorials
Women are half of SA’s resources
We will not progress as a nation if we continue to sideline or ignore half of our population because they are women.
Columns
Fact is, old rockers never die
I was thinking about Granma Spice, Geriatric Spice, Zombie Spice, Dried Spice and Push-up Spice. And I mean that with the utmost admiration.
Columns
Sometimes, DA, just shut up
In the hours after a little boy’s body was found decomposing in a ditch, the DA should have resisted their almost automatic urge by now to just blame the ANC.
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