THE THIRD UMPIRE

NALEDI PANDOR

Students ostensibly attend tertiary institutions to learn. But they don’t seem to have learned from the 2016 #FeesMustFall protests that shutting down universities hurts nobody more than themselves. At least the minister is behaving like an adult.

PHAKAMANI HADEBE

The urgent need for Eskom’s generation and distribution functions to be unbundled is not rocket science, but it’s a relief to know the utility at last has a CEO who understands what needs to be done to avoid its collapse.

IQBAL SURVÉ

So much for the racist, imperialist, white monopoly capitalist conspiracy to undermine black-owned business. A secret recording obtained by the Sunday Times reveals the media mogul withheld information from the PIC to secure a R4.3bn investment.