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Never mind land grabs without compensation, at the rate things are going, we won’t be able to give this country away. Des du Triou

Eskom is technically insolvent and won’t last past April 2019. How did new loans get approved with this knowledge available? Do we have any honourable, qualified people left to actually run this country? Ed

Load shedding is the final nail in the ANC’s coffin. Leon Barnard

Eskom, ANC, EFF are the three ingredients required to bake a civil war. Things are hotting up. Felix Steyn

The way Vytjie Mentor is being grilled, it seems Gupta backers are running the show. How many of us can recall tiny details of 10 years ago? Fast Eddie

Please, Mr President, don’t tell the world we are open for business! Who in their right mind would invest in your SA? Janni F

Load shedding! Helen Zille’s idea of a tax revolt is starting to sound like a great idea! Nicky O

I find it ironic that Cosatu are protesting about job losses when they are a primary cause of many of them. Don

Will some economist please explain why the prime rate differs from the repo rate by a constant 3.5% points. I fail to understand why this should not be a variable as these rates yoyo up and down. Money Matters

Excellent piece by Ben Trovato in Wednesday’s paper. I look forward to reading more in the dark nights ahead. George Swart

Siwela, your cartoon of Mantashe in the “trap” lit up my day. If the laughter you generate could be converted to electricity, you would outshine Eskom! John Bam

Eskom, strange how it works. Our president’s announcement of three-way split for Eskom. The unions don’t agree and we suddenly have load shedding. Granny Smith

ANC people all painted with the same brush! Mantashe didn’t know about security installations to his homes! Zuma didn’t know about security upgrades to Nkandla! The fairies did it! MA

Des du Triou, you stop short of jockeys like Roy Curling, Raymond Rhodes, Bert Hayden – and don’t forget about Douglas Whyte and the greatest jockey of them all: Lester Piggott. RC