Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist

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.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | DA risks the race by ignoring race

It would have been easy for the DA to make good progress without dumping race in policy

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | Misguided DA is selling Zibi to the world

In all the 12 or so years I’ve known Songezo Zibi, first as a writer, then a Business Day editor and, now, leading his new Rise Mzansi party into the ...

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | As always, Russia will meddle in our elections

Without doubt and without leaving any evidence, Russian intelligence is working to influence the outcome of the May 29 elections in SA, writes Peter ...

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | Addled ANC knocking on wrong door in US

South Africa has no diplomats of any authority in place in the US, despite it being the second-largest single country investor, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | What could a liberal ‘fix’ do for SA?

I don’t mean to be rude. The DA has been brilliant using the courts to stop ANC excesses, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | This election will break many hearts

To beat the ANC you have to get into its ring and fight in its mud, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | What a farcical waste, all that egg on the face

Jardine’s funders should not switch off the taps now that their man has left the table, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | Economics standing on its head

The rand has taken a steep dive against the  dollar, the  pound and the euro since finance minister Enoch Godongwana presented his  budget on ...

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | Where Cyril gets race right and then wrong

It wasn’t apartheid that forced Ramaphosa to appoint lemons like Bheki Cele to police, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist
PETER BRUCE | Could Eskom and Zuma be writing Cyril’s swansong?

President Cyril Ramaphosa had barely finished his disappointing state of the nation address on Thursday night when Eskom ramped up its load-shedding ...