We owe him a huge debt
After 32 years at the Diamond Fields Advertiser, including 22 as editor, Johan du Plessis steps down, leaving an unmatched legacy. His dedication has shaped both ...
Paying tribute to one of SA’s last great newspaper managers
Tony Howard - Former Deputy Chairman Independent Media
Conquering Africa in Nissan’s Navara bakkie
The brief was simple, take a vehicle built in South Africa and showcase it to the continent. And thus Nissan’s Daring Africa 2024 was born.
The end of an era: This is the final #CarpingPoint column
Times have changed, but papers survive; on less money, far less staff and far greater pressure than ever before.
#CarpingPoint: Good luck Bokke, silence the haters
South Africans might quibble about Rassie Erasmus’s selections, but for most he can do no wrong.
The dilemma of the government onselling electricity
CARPING POINT: Onselling electricity, at inflated prices to consumers with no other option and no value added, was always going to be problematic – just like BEE ...
#CarpingPoint: The dilemma of the government onselling electricity
Onselling electricity, at inflated prices to consumers with no other option.
Bheki Cele is his own worst enemy
CARPING POINT: Police Minister Bheki Cele has reinforced what most of us already think: that he is an arrogant and entitled politician interested only in serving ...
#CarpingPoint: Why Bheki Cele is his own worst enemy
This week, Parliament found Cele’s behaviour had been unbecoming of his office.
It’s time for abusive sports ‘fans’ to be shown the red card
CARPING POINT: Cyberbullies need to be unmasked and dragged into the daylight to be publicly shamed and prosecuted, writes Kevin Ritchie.
#CarpingPoint: It’s time for abusive sports ‘fans’ to be given the red card
Cyberbullies need to be unmasked and dragged into the daylight to be publicly shamed and prosecuted.
Operation Dudula documentary a sobering reminder of very real time tomb that is ticking
CARPING POINT: The recent distribution of a BBC documentary, interviewing some of the people behind Operation Dudula, from the foot soldiers to the leaders, is a ...
#CarpingPoint: Operation Dudula documentary is a sobering reminder of the very real time tomb that is ticking
The documentary is horrifying on so many levels.
Maybe World Rugby should give us an exemption?
CARPING POINT: The decision to make the Springboks play in a teal kit rather than the traditional green and gold – as a clarion call for the colour blind – is as ...
#CarpingPoint: #RWC2023 - The intricacies and controversies surrounding the Springboks’ teal kit
Whatever the case, it’s a marketing godsend for Checkers.
The perils of SA life could be the stuff of a Hollywood blockbuster
CARPING POINT: The perils of life in South Africa is the stuff of comic books and pulp fiction, but it’s happening in real time and in real life; a Wild West that ...
#CarpingPoint: The Perils of SA life could be the stuff of a far-fetched film
The Hawks raided a Cash-in-Transit gang base in Makhado, Limpopo.
Like Zimbabwe, we’ll need our fair share of election monitors too
CARPING POINT: We have our own general elections scheduled for next year and it isn’t going to be pretty, writes Kevin Ritchie.
#CarpingPoint: Like the Zimbabwean elections, South Africa’s need to be closely monitored
We have our own general elections scheduled for next year and it isn’t going to be pretty.
BRICS Summit showed us what SA government is capable of
CARPING POINT: The BRICS conference showed us that the government can actually organise the proverbial p***-up in a brewery and rather well too, writes Kevin Ritchie. ...
#CarpingPoint: The BRICS Summit showed us what the SA government is capable of
The BRICS conference showed us that the government can actually organise the proverbial piss-up in a brewery and rather well too.
Shameful Owen Farrell decision needs to be scrutinised
CARPING POINT: The Six Nations rugby disciplinary committee set up to judge a possible sanction on England fly half Owen Farrell obviously missed their Sunday school ...
#CarpingPoint: The Six Nations rugby disciplinary committee’s decision needs to be scrutinised
The decision is in direct contrast to world rugby’s campaign to cut down head injuries and foul play.
Carping Point: #RugbyWorldCup - Has Rassie Erasmus done it again?
Erasmus pioneered the bomb squad five years ago in Japan and then took on world rugby over the standard of refereeing.
Controversy around Malema’s comments opens up genocide debate
CARPING POINT: We never spoke up when we could – and when we should have. We have to speak now while we still can, writes Kevin Ritchie.