Columns
27.10.2018 09:30 am
You want a cow with that win? How about a biscuit?
It makes you wonder how much thought organisers actually put in when crafting a trophy.
The trophy Australia and Pakistan are playing for in their T20 series in the UAE has naturally drawn a lot of funny responses. Captains Aaron Finch and Sarfraz Ahmed posed sheepishly with a biscuit-shaped trophy, in honour of sponsors TUC, ahead of the series this week. The “cheesy” remarks ranged from “this trophy takes the biscuit”, to “it’s a cracker”, and many more.
You want a cow with that win? How about a biscuit?
It makes you wonder how much thought organisers actually put in when crafting a trophy.
Columns
Orchids and Onions: Nespresso does go big
An Orchid because it’s different. It’s Clooney. And an Onion to Facebook for ‘silver bullet’ marketing miss based on snooping.
Opinion
Here’s a fun way to waste a morning: Ask De Lille about ‘that SMS’
You can be guaranteed that a range of things will happen if you do, though none of them will resemble an answer.
Editorials
Heeding those in pain can save lives
Many of those who take their own lives might not have done it had they had someone to listen to their anguish, someone who cared.
Editorials
E-toll bullying will resume after elections
We think it’s clear the ANC is pushing e-tolls to the side until it wins in 2019.
Columns
Stop stereotyping ‘foreigners’ for dealing in drugs
No single race or nationality has a monopoly on the increasingly profitable and sophisticated underworld of trafficking and selling drugs.
Columns
Tip for Tito: This child needs more than VAT and fuel levies to grow
An economy is not a child: it doesn’t grow without encouragement.
Columns
Cyril’s panel-beating of the economy may be paying off
The combination of Mboweni and Ramaphosa is promising to be the key to unlocking the logjam in economic growth.
Columns
Justice must be served in SA
It’s no surprise that many feel we are living in a vacuum in terms of law and order. Lady Justice in SA has lost all visibility.
Editorials
Don’t tell SA the problems, Tito, fix them
Mboweni’s statement was a grim summation of where the country is and what is likely to happen over the next few years.
Editorials
Leagues teach ANC a lesson on graft
It’s good to see some in the province have a better memory than the central leadership.
Opinion
What’s going on with Mashaba’s retweet of a cartoon calling migrants ‘rubbish’?
The mayor already has a history of being accused of xenophobia. Maybe he needs a quick Twitter lesson. Or maybe he just means it.
Editorials
Good luck to everybody writing matric
If we are close to them, we should support them and understand when their frayed tempers reach breaking point.
Columns
Who will deliver the mini-budget today? Tito or Tweeto?
Ramaphosa and Mboweni are Teflon twins who create a false impression of being business/investor friendly, even while spouting economic nonsense.
Columns
Get a runner and cleft stick if you want reliable delivery
I subscribed to a UK magazine a year ago. I have only now received the first copy.
Editorials
Tito needs to pull a rabbit out of the hat
It’s going to take a lot more than cheeky tweets to turn this country around.
Editorials
Khashoggi’s death exposes ‘friends’
Hosting will the Saudis now for an international investment conference will be a test for SA’s commitment to international democracy and justice.
Columns
Why the EFF’s Gordhan conspiracy theories are dangerous
Conspiracy theories are dangerous if peddled to gullible supporters such as some of those who support Malema.
Columns
On men’s health, Dad and I are on the same page
The Movember Foundation’s message is simple: no matter the shape or style of your Mo this Movember, your face can inspire donations, conversations and real change.
Editorials
Currie Cup on the up
A competition steeped in history certainly deserves captivating viewers across the country.
Editorials
Zondo and Co up their game in search of the truth
It seems deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo and the commission will leave no stone unturned in their quest for the truth.
Columns
Hunting for sport is a double-edged sword
When farmers and ranchers realised the value of what they were sitting on, they protected that asset, and now the game industry is booming, and provides thousands of jobs.
Editorials
State needs to act urgently to save Gauteng health
Gauteng’s hospitals are having to deal with a huge influx of ‘extra’ patients – those coming here from elsewhere in the country and from outside SA’s borders.
Editorials
Despite all, long live the Currie Cup
Despite some average crowd attendances, the organisers have got it right with the country’s top-four teams making the playoffs.
Columns
Cyril has shown Mbeki how he could have saved us from Zuma
Sars will soon be cleaned up, courtesy of retired Judge Robert Nugent. Similarly, the Public Investment Corporation and the NPA.
Columns
Overstepping the mark…
If you ignore cricketers that have only played a few Tests, not bowling a no-ball in Test cricket makes you part of an elite club.
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