Mike Wade: Good news – 2016 dot-com bubble to burst
The stock market saw a loss of $5 trillion from 2000-2002 following the meteoric rise of tech company valuations. In the piece below, Cisco’s Mike Wade makes the case for a repeat.
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Soapie star Hlubi Mboya: Life only begins at the end of a comfort zone
Life only begins at the end of a comfort zone. That’s the love-change philosophy that lures and guides Hlubi Mboya on her journey from one challenge and opportunity to the next.
Lucy Kellaway: Funky new office innovations may actually chase people away
Workplaces are in focus as Lucy Kellaway embarks on an adventure of discovery. Her quest is to compare her own coffee-stained, paper-infused working environment with the places boasting the latest thinking in ways how companies create an environment where their staff are more productive.
Kojo Baffoe: Marriage doesn’t make you one, it makes you two of a kind
Forget about the old-fashioned idea that marriage is a union that turns two people into one. The truth is, we’re all different, says Kojo Baffoe.
Sam Wilson: Suffering from Novemberitis. Here’s how to get over it.
Feeling a little sleepy? Finding it tough to get down to work? Longing for that long-awaited end-of-year break? You, too, may be suffering from a severe case of Novemberitis.
Kirsty Bisset: 8 ways to save a fortune on your monthly Internet bill
As data costs rise, so do tempers. Keep your internet bill in check with this handy checklist from Kirsty Bisset.
Gideon Joubert: Gun ownership laws failing. Time for change.
Gideon Joubert once again questions government’s stance on gun ownership following the recent National Dialogue on Crime and Violence. He says Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has again got it wrong, again.
Anthea Jeffery: Weasel clause reappears – undermining property rights
The weasel clause that was taken out of an earlier version of the Investment Bill has effectively reappeared in the latest version of the Expropriation Bill of 2015, says Anthea Jeffery.
Martin Wolf – SA must change direction fast or populist disaster inevitable
Global thought leading economist Martin Wolf concludes in today’s Financial Times of London that South Africa has three options – only one of which will avoid what he terms “an inevitable populist disaster.”
Andrew Kenny: Climate change, proxy for Capitalism attacks. Fears unfounded.
As COP21 nears, Andrew Kenny says people should ignore the mounting alarm and hysteria as nonsense, but hopes the conference does not put a curb of CO2 emissions.