Columns
2.11.2018 08:30 am
Every child rape matters, even when the perpetrator isn’t some white guy
I’ve had to wonder why Nicholas Ninow’s case has gotten so much attention when so many others have not.
Driving up Sophie de Bruyn Street yesterday, I immediately started scouting for one of the three guys that usually make a parking plan for me.
Every child rape matters, even when the perpetrator isn’t some white guy
I’ve had to wonder why Nicholas Ninow’s case has gotten so much attention when so many others have not.
Editorials
Nice try, ANC integrity committee, better luck next time, eh
The ANC’s PEC once again opted to place party and comrades first, with the country in a very distant last place.
Editorials
Another caveman SA law has finally bitten the dust
To think that women were by law not allowed to own property in SA in the year 2018 was a disgrace.
Columns
Why Gigaba’s private(s) life is of such pub(l)ic interest
As much as some journos would like to keep punching above the belt, sometimes the truth about our politicians is most revealing when they’ve got their pants down.
Columns
Integrity in the ANC is an oxymoron
An ‘ANC integrity commission’ is contradictory in an organisation so riddled with corruption.
Editorials
Artisans should be cherished and respected
The reality is SA needs qualified and capable plumbers, electricians, carpenters and bricklayers more than it needs unemployed law or arts graduates.
Editorials
SA’s cities are ticking urban time bombs
Whatever your political views, it should be obvious the inequalities are not sustainable.
Columns
Is the DA afraid of an unfettered De Lille?
The perception is created that the party wants to cut ties with mayor, but leave her entangled in the court system during the election campaign for 2019.
Editorials
Lewis Hamilton carries the mark of a champion
The driver has one of the most accomplished and dedicated teams in Formula One behind him.
Editorials
Cyril Ramaphosa needs to come clean about VBS
We fully support the president’s clean-up programme, but we need to be sure the cleaner will do a through job and not leave dirt lurking in dark corners.
Opinion
It’s obvious which head has been doing all Gigaba’s thinking
SA is a country that’s known for forgiving men for what their dicks ‘made them do’. But that’s not the real problem here.
Opinion
In the next election, Ramaphosa will have to be bigger than the ANC
Amid the stench of corruption, the ruling party’s new leader is its one hope of retaining power, and he’s likely to use it.
Columns
Hyperbole has wings in SA
Hype and exaggerated promises come naturally, since we’re good with ideas, but not so great at their execution.
Editorials
Listen to SA on e-tolls, Cyril
Outa claims if the authorities had added 10 cents per litre to the fuel levy the debt would have been almost gone by now.
Columns
Facebook is good for finding friends, but tells you when you’ve lost them too
I found myself in floods of tears at the imminent death of an old school chum I hadn’t seen this century.
Columns
Jaundiced Eye: The honeymoon is over for Julian Assange
It’s all a bit like Mum and Dad trying to convince their loutish freeloading sprog, now in his late 40s, to vacate the basement and get a job.
Editorials
Latest train flaw needs an inquiry, Cyril
How bizarre is it that you, as a rail operator, do not ask your supplier whether the rolling stock can be made to fit your system?
Editorials
It’s crunch time in two big matches
Let’s hope for plenty of tries in the Currie Cup final in Cape Town, and goals galore in the Soweto derby at FNB Stadium.
Columns
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.
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