Spanish police seize 74 tons of stolen olives amid soaring prices
Spanish police have seized 74 tons of stolen olives in the southern province of Seville, the latest theft triggered by soaring prices caused by...
State needs fortitude, vision to avert jobs bloodbath
OPINION: What is needed now is to grow the economy. That is the only sober and sustainable path to pay down our worrying debt...
Call for government to disband SA Post Office
Anti-tax abuse lobbyists have called on the government to either disband the SA Post Office or semi-privatise it as the state has shown itself...
NHI Bill continues to face criticism and its proposals may end...
Among a growing chorus of reservations about the government’s plan for universal health, the National Health Insurance Bill is likely to face legal action...
Counting the cost of derailed Transnet
OPINION: There are many goods that can be best transported by trains instead of by road. Almost all mining products were transported strictly by...
Bheki Cele is his own worst enemy
CARPING POINT: Police Minister Bheki Cele has reinforced what most of us already think: that he is an arrogant and entitled politician interested only...
Sol should take ownership of its responsibilities first
OPINION: When I read an article in this newspaper about the municipal manager encouraging businesses to take ownership of Kimberley’s CBD, I can say...
The fan is blowing at high speed
GREY MUTTER: These days more and more people are pushing back at the rules, probably under the mistaken belief that if there were not...
September shattered global heat record – and by a record margin
Temperatures around the world last month were at levels closer to normal for July.September’s average temperature was about 0.88 degrees Celsius (1.6 degrees Fahrenheit)...
Start-up makes ‘beanless coffee’ to help combat deforestation
A Seattle-based start-up backed by some of the investors behind Beyond Meat is launching the world’s first beanless coffee this week as it bids...
