In the opinion pages, did former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste funnel money from the company to find his alleged lover’s champagne lifestyle and Tom Eaton has a funny take on the medium-term budget? Did Steinhoff pay for polo ponies and supercars? Financial Mail editor Rob Rose casts his gaze on embattled former Steinhoff CEO Markus …
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Hello, here’s what’s in the opinion pages today: The medium-term budget will be better received than the UK’s disastrous one presented last month. Godongwana will have to deal with the failed Gauteng e-toll system. The budget needs to break with previous fiscal policy and mark a return to restructuring the economy. Medium-term budget likely to …
In the opinion pages today, former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste still has one man he can call on during his time of need after the SA Reserve Bank raided his property this week. Meanwhile, Tony Leon writes about the fight for survival for British prime minister Liz Truss. The man still backing Markus Jooste Former …
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The decisions of ANC elective conferences are widely anticipated to have an effect on national policy and leadership. As long as the ANC remains in power, it is appropriate that its conferences receive top-level attention, Mpumelelo Mkhabela reports for News24. Mkhabela argues that as the party has gotten more preoccupied with internal power struggles, it …
In her recent editorial piece for News24, Qaanitah Hunter questions whether Cyril Ramaphosa is following a global trend and “quiet quitting” out of his responsibilities as she considers his enthusiasm (or lack thereof) in public office over the past few months. (News24, for subscribers) AAAM … who’s the BOS? Religion is alive and well in SA …
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Young Africans are pursuing entrepreneurship as a career because the African economy is not providing enough employment to meet demand. 77% of Africa’s population is under 35, as per the World Econimic Forum. The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects there will be 850 million young people on the continent by 2063. 10 to 12 million …
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Sandile Ndlovu writes for TimesLIVE that the days when obtaining a government job was the pinnacle of achievement or big financial triumph are long gone, if the recent complaints and screams of government employees and those working in state-owned businesses are any indication. The article further states that workers at Transnet have gone on strike, …
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Two major unions, Satawu and UNTU, are currently on strike to demand pay increases. Despite Transnet increasing its first wage increase (from 1.5% to 4.5%), workers still declined it. Caiphus Kgosana writes for TimesLIVE that inflation has pushed up costs, notably for food. Rising fuel and power costs increase the cost-of-living. Kgosana arugues s it fair …
Jacob Zuma privately prosecuted attorney Billy Downer and News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan for leaking his medical data in September 2021. Qaanitah Hunter believes Zuma has recently proved he would stop at nothing for his narrow, selfish goals. In July 2021, Zuma and his followers were allegedly the masterminds behind the riots and looting that …
Adrian Basson writes in his most recent editorial that the private prosecution against Karyn Maughan and News24 is a full-scale attack on media freedom by the country’s former president in an effort to “divert attention from his own troubles”. Basson argues that the true objective of this prosecution is to intimidate and prevent Maughan from conducting her …
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