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THE GUARDIAN: Trust in Johnson waning on move to remodel Brexit

Boris Johnson won the last election in part because he could say on what terms he would leave the EU and his opponents could not. He had an “oven-ready” deal. Yet the agreement Johnson secured with the EU was one his predecessor, Theresa May, had rejected because it split Northern…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: DA takes rainbow out of the rainbow nation

The policy documents emerging from the DA are deeply impressive, all-encompassing and display an admirable application of intellectual minds within the party to generate a blueprint for economic growth and relative prosperity for SA. However, the party is more than a think-tank — it is a political establishment that should…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: Time to beef up railway security

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula revealed this week that 142 railway stations do not have electricity due to theft and vandalism. In Gauteng, cables and transformers have been stolen. The DA has been calling on Metrorail for a long time to improve security in and around its stations. It is unacceptable…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: Fear of TRESemmé and Unilever may be behind Clicks advert

TRESemmé has explained that the images in the advert published by Clicks were not in line with the values of its brand or that of Clicks, and it is looking into how it happened and why it wasn’t picked up, and will take all necessary steps to ensure it doesn’t…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: The DA’s appeal is in its difference from the ANC

It was predictable that the new DA policy decisions would be met either by expressions of doubt or howls of outrage. Carol Paton’s views express the former, with a leap into a chasm of misunderstanding (“DA now a party for some, not all, as new policy endorses denialism (”, September…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: BEE has patently failed, so let’s try another route

I always enjoy reading Carol Paton’s articles and columns and don’t often disagree with her take on things, but I must take issue with her most recent article (DA now a party for some, not all, as new race policy entrenches denialism (, September 8). As a retired MD of…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: Banks must take some responsibility

I read with concern the article on banks, "Team Blue Wins, For Now" (Money & Investing, August 27-September 2) ( Two aspects stand out for me, and are seemingly overlooked or taken for granted. The first is the banks’ management of loans. Banks provide astronomical amounts of money to fund…
10 Sep 2020 9AM 1 min

LETTER: Create something good from cricket chaos

What a lovely column on the state of cricket according to the great bowler and sportsman Vince van der Bijl (“Players step into vacuum left by self-serving Cricket SA administrators (../columnists/2020-09-09-vince-van-der-bijl-players-step-into-vacuum-left-by-self-serving-cricket-sa-administrators/)”, September 9). Yes, cricket is a special case, and the advancement, running and administration must be left to cricketers…
10 Sep 2020 8AM 1 min

LETTER: No honour among ANC thieves

So the ANC is imploding? Let it implode. It’s ironic that the chief architect of this implosion is former party president Jacob Zuma. He’ll do everything, even destroy a party built with blood and tears over 108 years, to save his skin. His recent letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa is…
10 Sep 2020 8AM 1 min

LETTER: Clicks was violent first

Here’s how Mao Zedong describes a revolution: “A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence…
10 Sep 2020 8AM 1 min

This is how the UK plans to cut emissions to zero by 2050

London — Taxes on frequent flyers, more wind and solar power, and better protection for nature should be key policies in Britain’s push to meet its promise to cut emissions to net zero by 2050, a citizens’ assembly advised the country’s legislators on Thursday. But its final recommendations in a…
10 Sep 2020 8AM 5 min

UIF commissioner bears the brunt for keeping Ters ship afloat

It makes a great headline when a top government official is suspended, as was the case with Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping, who along with his top team has just been placed on so-called precautionary suspension. Maruping was caught in the spotlight during an examination of the running…
10 Sep 2020 8AM 5 min

LETTER: EFF does the dirty work for others

While Clicks’ flighting of the TRESemmé advert was wrong, it does not justify people taking the law into their own hands. Unfortunately, this is not the first time — and it will surely not be the last — that hooligans try to hold a business to ransom, for all sorts…
10 Sep 2020 8AM 1 min

Boris Johnson’s sabre rattling may just strengthen the EU

Negotiations between the UK and the EU on their future trade relations after Brexit were never going to be easy. After all, it took more than three years (and several near misses) just to agree the terms of Britain’s departure from the bloc. But talks were expected to stay within…
10 Sep 2020 7AM 3 min

Flawless white sparkler diamond could sell for $30m

Los Angeles — One of the world’s rarest diamonds, about the size of an egg or a large lollipop, is going up for auction next month and is expected to fetch $12m to $30m. Sotheby’s said on Thursday that the 102.39-carat diamond, a flawless white sparkler, was the second-largest oval…
10 Sep 2020 7AM 1 min

Scientists blame human-induced climate change for 2020’s wild weather

London — The planet is showing signs it is in peril. In recent weeks, the world has seen ferocious wildfires in the US west, torrential rains in Africa, weirdly warm temperatures on the surface of tropical oceans, and record heatwaves from California to the Siberian Arctic. This spate of wild…
10 Sep 2020 7AM 6 min

Koalas cause political chaos Down Under

Sydney — A dispute over koalas has created political chaos in Australia’s most populous state with a split in the New South Wales (NSW) governing coalition forming over policies designed to protect the animals. The centre-right Liberal party and the rural-focused Nationals have a decades-old partnership in both state and…
10 Sep 2020 6AM 2 min

Oil prices dip as US crude stockpiles rise

London — Oil prices dipped on Thursday after data showed US crude stockpiles rose last week and the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) downgraded its oil demand outlook, though the Brent benchmark stayed above $40 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dipped 61c to $37.44 a barrel…
10 Sep 2020 5AM 2 min
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