Peter Bruce was editor-at-large at Arena Holdings (formerly Tiso Blackstar) and editor-in-chief of Business Day, Financial Mail and ABC, the broadcaster of the Business Day TV, Home Channel and Ignition channels. He was editor of Business Day from 2001 until August 2012. His previous roles include editor: Financial Mail; editor: Business Report; UK news editor: Financial Times; and Madrid correspondent, Bonn correspondent, industrial correspondent: Financial Times. He describes himself as a media junkie, a die-hard Proteas and Springbok fan and a hopeless Sharks supporter.
The end of the ANC can’t happen soon enough
OpinionIf you’re convinced Zille and De Klerk planned an ANC-killing GNU coalition 30 years ago you’re probably beyond ...
Trump appointments spell huge new challenges for Ramaphosa’s GNU
OpinionCosying up to China, Iran and Cuba while poking at Israel could put SA on wrong side of US cabinet
SA needs to raise game now that Trump is back in office
OpinionWith an erratic protectionist running one of our largest trading partners we had better start paying attention
GNU a coalition after all — and ANC no longer runs the show
OpinionThe front-page lead in the Sunday Times was instructive: “ANC, DA gloves off in GNU dust-up” read the headline above a ...
Medium-term budget could take the shine off GNU
OpinionIt’s a tough ask for the finance minister to create real political space for Ramaphosa
Home run on visa front, but Transnet deal strikes out
OpinionSchreiber has cleared huge backlogs and gazetted the first visa reforms — all within 200 days
As rubber hits the road, don’t get swept up in GNU-phoria
OpinionFor all the noise you’d think we had made an almost mystical crossing since the elections four months ago
Sigh, politics and prejudice still rules in SA
OpinionHurried deletions by Steenhuisen’s chief of staff attack the difference DA is supposed to bring
Let’s steel ourselves for ArcelorMittal reality check
OpinionWhat is the point of protecting, at great cost to consumers, a rickety primary steelmaker?
Closure of Amsa Newcastle should come as no surprise
OpinionYou’d think, from all the outrage, that ArcelorMittal SA’s (Amsa’s) decision to shut down its long-products division ...