David Bullard
After 27 years in financial markets in London and Johannesburg David Bullard had a mid life career change and started writing for the Sunday Times. His "Out to Lunch" column ran for 14 years and was generally acknowledged to be one of the best read columns in SA with a readership of 1.7mln every week. Bullard was sacked by the ST for writing a "racist" column in 2008 and carried on writing for a variety of online publications and magazines. He currently writes for dailyfriend.co.za and politicsweb.co.za.
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Pull the plug on the SABC
The kindest thing would be to shut the SABC down, sell off the assets and better-known radio brands to private investors, and turn its HQ
Modern Madness
I was keen to get hold of a copy of Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds as soon as I read a bad review about
Not all human rights are equal
“The Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to support constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of
Mugabe comparable to Thatcher and Reagan? You can’t be serious
By any sane measure, it is absurd to compare an evil, despotic maniac like Robert Mugabe to either Margaret Thatcher or Ronald Reagan. Rather as
Taxi ride to ruin
Who in government is going to steer Tito Mboweni’s turnaround plan to fruition? Imagine this. You’re out on the town for a night with friends
Can you bank on it?
When a populist politician decides to wipe out certain loans in the hopes of keeping voters sweet, the banking system suddenly looks a bit dodgy.
Living on the edge
Things we need to consider now that South Africa is perilously close to the ‘fiscal cliff’. One of the things many of us take for
Ten norms of a submerging market
The government’s ‘10 reasons why you should invest in South Africa’ ad may need to be reshot to reflect current conditions. When I eventually decided
Because you think I’m right?
My advice to columnists who bandy the term ‘right-wing’ around should take care not to attach labels to people they know nothing about. I must
Work-shy rich kid who only pours scorn on efforts to build better, fairer SA
Kelly-Jo Bluen is apparently content to sit safely in London and spew hatred against the country of her birth. I had absolutely no idea when