Monday, August 3 2020
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Want to keep our kids home from school? Not so fast
If they’re not back in class on August 24 there are some crucial boxes to tick, according to revised regulations
‘Who’s returning when?’ Teachers fret over grade phasing
Unions worry that the new directions haven’t been gazetted, so they don’t know what the plan is
Thanks to Cyril’s vampiric ANC the pre-1994 racists are laughing
This is because our leaders are arrogant, entitled and corrupt, as thy steal from the poor with impunity
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Our virus cases are down so give us back our wine, pleads premier
Data-wielding Alan Winde calls on minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to open up the Cape industry
Tata ma chance with customer service and it’ll cost you
Companies that fail to win clients’ trust will end up being post-Covid-19 losers
Despite being heroes on Covid front line, foreign doctors are left stranded
Supernumerary registrars struggle on with little or no pay and insurance, let alone support, study reveals
It’s also about hope and nappies: being a physio in a Covid-19 ward
One frontline physiotherapist tells how Covid-19 patients turn to her for more than her expertise
IDEAS
FEEDING YOUR MIND
EDITORIAL | The ANC is like a naughty kid. Punish it accordingly
It has far exceeded its quota of ‘last chances’. We must draw the line at fleecing a country during a pandemic
There’s much to be proud of in SA’s virus fight. We can beat this
Despite hitting the grim milestone of 500,000 infections, Cyril Ramaphosa says hope is not lost
They wrote it this week: I’m telling you, Tootsie, it was otter madness
Extracts from diaries and letters written between August 3 and August 9
LIFE
ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT MATTER
Take that, Tesla: Porsche puts the posh into electric
REVIEW | If you’ve got R4m to spare, you could do far worse than this punchy, powerful portent of the future
Bean there, done that? Wait till chef Zola Nene mixes it up
Turn any plain old beans into Michelin-star chakalaka
Blast from the past: A tenner for Ntini as Proteas edge out England
Today in SA sports history: August 3