Saturday, October 9 2021
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY TIMES DAILY CURATED FOR YOU
The JSC should tell us whether white men must stop applying
Race and gender are important for candidacy, but the likes of David Unterhalter require a more nuanced approach
Join the dots, SSA, because it looks as if we’re in for more chaos
In run-up to local polls, politicians are killing their own. One wonders what they’ll do if they lose to an opponent
Why eat the rich when you could also be one in a billion?
It’s hard for revolutionaries to make us hate billionaires when we’re all ‘temporarily embarrassed millionaires’
Final kind act of banker, cyclist and family man killed in horror crash
Family and cycling fraternity devastated after a speeding taxi ploughed into Alex Otto in Sandton
Smooth call-centre operators: why even sell ouma a second phone contract?
Sales scripts never include a closing statement that sets out the deal clearly, and the elderly are often targets
Let the people’s voice be heard when councils get that spending feeling
The R15m sports facility is just another example of ANC profligacy gone mad
SA’s local elections: when spoilt for choice equates to slim pickings
Voters face the dilemma of choosing between the DA’s racism and the ANC’s corruption in municipal polls on November 1
The DA has stooped to new lows of election hypocrisy
The party’s election posters in the racial tinderbox of Phoenix are callous and irresponsible
When generals play politics, wars get lost
Mark Milley’s testimony shows how military leaders are getting squeezed in the military-civilian divide
So so-and-so walked into a bar before opening time. So what?
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
Share the love at a Stellenbosch eatery where it’s coming up rosés
Chef Monche Muller’s contemporary tapas-style menu encourages sharing in a glorious setting
So which authors do you book time with when you’re on the move?
I might forget my clothes, but never a thriller, memoir or, if I have little energy, collection of short stories