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.
Let the private sector do its work
OpinionBesides internal ANC wrangling, the greatest danger to SA is a state that won't keep its paws off the economy
DA’s elective congress: colour-blind or short-sighted?
OpinionThe party’s position of ignoring race, and not having a clear economic policy, could prove disastrous
That screeching was Mboweni hitting the brakes on promises to cut spending
OpinionThe finance minister has reneged on his commitment to cap debt at 87% of GDP within three years
A siege economy under ANC control? It won’t work
OpinionThe president has plans for a series of infrastructure projects, but more obvious fixes such as maintenance are not ...
End to lockdown won’t turn our pumpkin economy into a fairy tale
OpinionSA’s leaders have managed to turn an emergency into a disaster, with trust gone and corruption the new normal
Manufacturing won’t save the economy
OpinionThe elite are out of touch with a country that is rapidly shedding jobs and businesses
Is Mboweni in mood to stand against insanity?
OpinionThere's no more room sadly, for magical thinking. An IMF bailout beckons and it's no good blaming the pandemic. We were ...
Ionic columns will fall but only in slo-mo
OpinionThe West is slowly being dismantled by identity politics, but we won't live to see what replaces it
Bloodless e-election will rob DA of ideas
OpinionParty will repeat its 2019 mistakes if it elects leaders without vigorous campaigns
The two faces of Mboweni, each as sincere as the other
OpinionThe finance minister is torn between common sense and ideological fecklessness. Let’s hope the former wins out