It is disappointing to note the posturing of what are called the key industry role players on the subject of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (The Mercury, December 7). By claiming they understand the government’s rationale in combating...
When considered in the context of the scathing indictment of the economic state of the country made by Melanie Veness, chairperson of the Association of South African Chambers of Commerce (The Mercury, November 29), President Ramaphosa’s recent...
When compared with the mainstream media’s obsessively critical focus on Watergate 50 years ago and Trump’s presidency, its coverage of the Biden regime’s determination to transform the US into a police state is curiously muted. If Nixon or Trump...
The appointment of Jason Quinn as the CEO-designate of Nedbank has resulted in the now routine chorus of dismay from the transformation sentinels whenever a black person is not appointed to a top position (The Mercury, November 29; Business...
The “climate conflict of interest” amongst South Africa’s largest banks would be amusing if it were not so unnecessary (Business Report, November 21). Embarrassingly, Standard Bank finds that its group directors are at sixes and sevens in terms...
Looting of funds in eThekwini municipality has become synonymous with ANC misrule as reports in The Mercury over the past three months indicate. In any half-decent public enterprise, the fact that R32 million earmarked for low-cost housing cannot...
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