There might be worse to come and Telkom’s competitors could force it into a deal, writes Lloyd Gedye.
For more than 10 years SA has benefited from liberal access to US markets and fear of imminent exclusion is causing panic in the automotive industry.
Snow in Jozi, our swimmers bringing the gold home, Zumaville and more: Get up to date with this week’s talking points with Nickolaus Bauer.
Revising our government structures might be an option, but the real problem lies with people, writes Eusebius McKaiser.
SA’s relationship with the US is nothing if not complicated and the ambivalence was on display as Hillary Clinton danced her way around the country.
Africa has been the poor relative with too few representatives at global HIV/Aids conferences. But things are changing, writes Mia Malan.
Damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t, Safa has been making cutbacks. But it has also been neglecting development.
With the publication of the Democratic Alliance’s growth and jobs plan, the recalibration of SA politics continues apace, writes Richard Calland.
South Africans came out in full force to welcome home Olympic gold medallists Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh at OR Tambo International.
Planning to revamp a province-wide public transport system is not to be taken lightly, particularly in an economic hub like Gauteng.
Financial experts believe that savings is a mindset that, once instilled, will see people put away more of their hard-earned money for retirement etc.
South Africa has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the world’s most economically unequal countries.
Tladi has worked on his dancing career since he was 14 years old. Now he’s been chosen by top dancers/choreographers in the world to train and audition in LA.
South Africa’s only medallist at the 2008 Beijing Games is desperate to improve on his performance from four years ago.
New miners need more efficient infrastructure to capitalise on rich deposits in the Kalahari, writes Teigue Payne.
Roger Baxter has returned to the Chamber of Mines to help guide the industry to a brighter future, writes Lynley Donnelly.
From Angie and Limpopo (again) to Juju in London, Sipho Hotstix, and our Olympians, get up to speed on what everyone will be talking about this weekend.
The ANC has used power allotted to it to create a black elite by implementing affirmative action in rather doubtful ways, writes Sampie Terreblanche.
Strong legislatures in Parliament are essential to improving people’s quality of life, writes Nkosikhulule Nyembezi and Sam Waterhouse.
Underground hip-hop artist Ben Sharpa, BlackNoise legend Emile, and ProVerb ask whether hip-hop is still relevant and whether it still talks to social issues.
As all of Jacob Zuma’s ex-friends, associates and colleagues get booted, fired or imprisoned, he’s left wondering ‘now what’?
From not earning enough or not having a desire to do so, the reasons given for South Africans not saving are myriad.
Jacob Zuma’s popularity wanes in Gauteng, while the Limpopo textbook debacle may become a ugly blemish on the president’s record.
Researchers say ministerial disregard for policies does not bode well for the plan. Lynley Donnelly reports.
Charlene Sunkel knows first-hand the stigmas about mental health in society. Sharing her story, she talks of her experience accessing public healthcare.
The continuing saga of SA’s migration from analogue to digital tv is no closer to being resolved, thanks to a last-minute about-turn by the regulator.
Twenty years on, the events of the massacre are contested and people remain divided and angry, writes the M&G’s ombudsman Franz Kruger.
What was President Zuma thinking when he said on live radio that Julius Malema could make a great leader? We tune into the presidential brainwaves to find out.
The M&G’s Nickolaus Bauer breaks down the state of play as the ANC picks up the pace on the road to the ruling party’s elective conference in Mangaung.
Banyana defender Janine van Wyk speaks to M&G about her goals for the Olympics and why women’s football is on the way up.
Despite levels of pessimism worldwide about economic conditions, local business owners are more optimistic than their international counterparts.
Closer ties between South Africa and China have many benefits but critics remain guarded, writes Faeeza Ballim.