Peter Bruce

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts — Bertrand Russell

Infrastructure isn't sexy but for South Africa it is life-giving. With the State earmarking a trillion rand spend in three years @DeanMacpherson has the unenviable task of actually spending it... I've been trying to have this conversation for months.

Public Works Minister Dean MacPherson tells @Bruceps in this edition of #PodcastsFromTheEdge the R1trn is just what the State has at the ready to spend with private sector partners. Listen to the full episode for more insights here: businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/202…

This piece by @Bruceps is a sweet chastisement for incredibly silly and laughable communication output from the Presidency. 😂😂😂😴😴😴 PETER BRUCE: Lies and half-truths cloud goings-on in the presidency businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/col…

"They really want to trade with us,” Corne Mulder tells @Bruceps in this edition of #PodcastsFromTheEdge. "But the #Trump administration feels very strongly about these political hurdles that need to get out of the way.” Listen to the full episode here: businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/202…

Instead of trying to reset relations with the US, SA should instead reset relations with Israel — and it could start now, by reopening our embassy in Tel Aviv, writes @Bruceps. timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/o…

Instead of trying to reset relations with the US, SA should instead reset relations with Israel — and it could start now, by reopening our embassy in Tel Aviv, writes @Bruceps. timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/o…

The ANC’s love affair with dictators is hurting 🇿🇦. Their deference to Putin, Tehran & co. has now led the US House Foreign Affairs Committee to pass a bill to review SA’s trade benefits & impose sanctions on ANC cronies. We warned them: authoritarian friends come at cost.

But written by a guy who works for a strongly pro-Israel "Think Tank" @Richards_Karin

🇿🇦 Here are my engagements with the rest of Nkabane's "panel". We must still deal with the corruption goalkeeper that is the chair.

Instead of trying to reset relations with the US, SA should instead reset relations with Israel — and it could start now, by reopening our embassy in Tel Aviv, writes Peter Bruce. timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/o…

The real person we need to be thanking is @KaraboKhakhau! She pushed and pushed until there was no way to back out of firing her.

Corruption has become such a way of life that the ANC doesn’t even seem to care what the public thinks, writes @mthombothi. timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/o…

ICYMI: While Johannesburg residents queued with buckets for water, the director of a company awarded a R263-million water tanker tender was spotted in Paris just steps away from Deputy President Paul Mashatile. youtu.be/k7Kj-5X9ZBA

People who cannot be trusted to run a Spaza shop for a minute are appointed as mayors; municipal managers; hospital CEOs; MECs and SOE CEOs. As South Africans, we then expect from them, service delivery not chaos. Crazy isn’t. The joke is on us. #ProudlySA

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I was also there. The 1980s were awful. The alternative to the ANC isn’t Apartheid South Africa, which should be obvious to anyone with even the tiniest shred of human decency.

The foundations that have driven the national dialogue idea so far need to tell Ramaphosa and Mbeki to please be quiet and to hand over the process to them, writes @Bruceps ebx.sh/9hBDlk

Congratulations & well done to Ms Thozama Gangi Power Station General Manager; her entire Medupi team; Bheki Nxumalo & Dan Marokane for fixing Unit 4 ahead of schedule. We now have all 6 units powering SA as they should. #Diversity #OperationalExcellence #Eskom #KeepGoing

In most African cultures age and position grant baseline respect. Personal character, wisdom or contributions are secondary. In essence respect is not earned. We don’t hold our leaders accountable. We revere them. This is the root cause of our socio economic problems. #ProudlySA