Saturday, February 19 2022
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY TIMES DAILY CURATED FOR YOU
10GB of free data will be nice, but let’s also sort out bucket toilets
The UN says data has become a fundamental human right, but there are many other things needed for human dignity
How Ramaphosa moved the ANC’s heaven and earth
His statement that ‘the state does not create jobs, the private sector does’ is a dramatic about-turn for the ANC
It gives me no bleisure to announce the marriage of business and leisure
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
Diet, schmiet, wellness, dullness. I’d rather drop acid
Two cookbooks crossed my desk this week. One looks good enough to eat; the other, oddly for me, is fascinating
This, SA, is how good leaders take back the power to govern
Success of Tshwane campaign is a great example of what happens when cities are finally freed from ANC stranglehold
This is why West Africa has so many coups
Poor governance must be addressed, foreign influence resisted and socioeconomic and political conditions improved
After watching this space for so long, SA will take any shiny thing
The wrangle and fawning over Ramaphosa’s optimistic words feels like some kind of Stockholm Syndrome
Did you notice Ramaphosa blackmailed you on Thursday?
The president wants you to survive on a diet of hope and resilience, which is brutal and wrong
Revisionist history and Western panic are stoking Ukraine fires
Promising tough sanctions and mobilising troops make it harder for Putin to walk away
Super blacks: definition — those who are more equal than you
People like Lindiwe Sisulu and Dali Mpofu think it’s fine to insult others, but whatever you do don’t criticise them
SA rugby needs top-to-bottom cash injections to sustain it
Private investment is welcome, but it needs to more than trickle down to provincial level
Audi E-Tron Sportback is swift, silent and sturdy
One thing you can expect to see more of in 2022 is an expansion of the electric vehicle genre