Readers’Views

Manuel’s slight against judiciary reflects on rest of the board

I wonder how the other Old Mutual board members who agreed to be paraded at the infamous “bad law” press conference reacted to [Trevor Manuel’s] apology, because it reflects on them as well.

C King Chanetsa, on businessLIVE

There is a lesson to be learnt here for all South African corporates. Never appoint a former ANC cabinet member to your board, especially not as chair.

They are either raving communists or, at best, socialists who are extremely arrogant. Their arrogance was imbued in them by their party. Rob Blake, on businessLIVE

Shareholders and policyholders deserve better than this sideshow. Darren A, on businessLIVE

Where palms itch for a bribe

Mzansi is itchy-palm country. Bribery and corruption must be classified as treason. This will create a fear psychosis in the culprits and provide momentum to a just and good society.

A lack of accountability and transparency has given a free hand to both the givers and the takers of bribes.

The National Prosecuting Authority is a toothless tiger. We have a mountain of accusations against wrongdoers.

It is evident that the Hawks do not possess the requisite legal skills to prosecute and win complex cases of corruption.

Eventually, the state will have to seek legal assistance from bar council lawyers to move the massive volume of cases waiting to be investigated and brought to the courts.

Basking in legal limbo will reduce our country to a mafia-style failed state.

Farouk Araie, Actonville

ANC’s spectacular failure

The article “Economy heads closer to final nail in junk status coffin” (September 15) refers.

What a spectacular failure on the part of the ANC government to manage the economy responsibly.

So all the “naysayers” were right. Stephen O’Hagan, on businessLIVE

Money’s not always the answer

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a further R1.1bn to fight abuse against women refers.

Did it help to throw money at Eskom, SAA or the SABC? Did it help to provide free university education? Did it raise the pass rate?

Money is not the solution to every problem.

We are sitting with a situation where the ANC and trade unions taught people over decades that violence is the solution to every problem. Who taught the masses to go into the streets and burn everything in sight? Who taught people to assault and kill human beings?

This monster was created over many decades by those who are today running the country, and they have lost control over it.

Pieter Joubert, on businessLIVE

Though the gesture is noble, my question is, where is all this money coming from?

Is the government borrowing to such an extent that it could be declared technically insolvent? Graham Rudings, on businessLIVE