Columnists
JAMIE CARR: Industrials beat financials in race to burst tech bubble
OpenAI leapfrogs SpaceX with share sale and brings early festive season to Silicone Valley
KHAYA SITHOLE: Transformation without growth is a dead end
Government’s tendency to redistribute within a shrinking economy undermines its own vision of inclusion
MARC HASENFUSS: Champing at the bitcoin
As I learn more about the ABCs of crypto investment, I have to question the strategy adopted by a recent entrant in the big league
PETER BRUCE: ANC’s ‘big bang’ plan is really a black hole
Only in ANC’s universe could imposing more taxes and bureaucracy on a battling industry make sense
IAN MACLEOD: Together apart: Africa’s integration paradox
At the political level, regional alliances are solid — but when Africans try to physically cross a border they have to hack through thickets of red tape
MAMOKETE LIJANE: Dark history, but gold could play a role in bailing SA out of a difficult spot
At $4,000/oz it will support the fiscus, stabilise the economy and anchor asset prices in the months ahead
DUNCAN McLEOD: Social media’s quiet rebellion
Can civic discourse and mental health recover from the grip of outrage-driven algorithms?
CHRIS ROPER: Our beleaguered, very special investigators
Journalists Micah Reddy and Pauli van Wyk, with their definitive book about Malema, demonstrate the importance of the fourth estate in revealing the truth about politicians in South Africa
NATASHA MARRIAN: Third time lucky for South Africa?
Ramaphosa has presented yet another economic action plan to the nation. The problem is, a capable state is needed to implement it
JUSTICE MALALA: Ten presidential insomnia cures
The only actual action associated with Ramaphosa’s repetitive plans is a wide, loud, involuntary yawn
MARIANNE MERTEN: Doubling down on protocol as progress remains elusive
SA’s sense of exceptionalism on global stage hard to fathom amid reputational damage from crime, graft and government incapacity
JOHN DLUDLU: The monster of late payments still gobbling businesses
Small businesses bear brunt as it affects not only cash flow but also ability to fulfil contracts
JABULANI SIKHAKHANE: Rethink rural development as youngsters look beyond farming
Instead of pushing farming as primary driver, public policy should expand chances beyond agriculture
STUART THEOBALD: A 3% shortcut to BEE compliance — smart incentive or costly loophole?
DTIC’s proposal to let firms buy level 3 compliance through the Transformation Fund replaces one bit of wishful thinking with another
TOM EATON: New party or kinky same old, same old?
It feels a tad perverse to focus on the merger of micro-parties Rise Mzansi, Bosa and nano-party GOOD










