Paying tribute to one of SA’s last great newspaper managers
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 26, 2024
Kevin Ritchie
Kevin Ritchie is a seasoned former newspaper editor and current media consultant. He writes the Carping Point column appearing weekly in the Saturday Star.
Conquering Africa in Nissan’s Navara bakkie
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Apr 20, 2024
The end of an era: This is the final #CarpingPoint column
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Oct 28, 2023
#CarpingPoint: Good luck Bokke, silence the haters
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Oct 21, 2023
#CarpingPoint: The dilemma of the government onselling electricity
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Oct 14, 2023
#CarpingPoint: Why Bheki Cele is his own worst enemy
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Oct 7, 2023
#CarpingPoint: It’s time for abusive sports ‘fans’ to be given the red card
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Sep 30, 2023
#CarpingPoint: Operation Dudula documentary is a sobering reminder of the very real time tomb that is ticking
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Sep 23, 2023
#CarpingPoint: #RWC2023 - The intricacies and controversies surrounding the Springboks’ teal kit
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Sep 16, 2023
#CarpingPoint: The Perils of SA life could be the stuff of a far-fetched film
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Sep 9, 2023
#CarpingPoint: Like the Zimbabwean elections, South Africa’s need to be closely monitored
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Sep 2, 2023
#CarpingPoint: The BRICS Summit showed us what the SA government is capable of
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Aug 26, 2023
#CarpingPoint: The Six Nations rugby disciplinary committee’s decision needs to be scrutinised
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Aug 19, 2023
Carping Point: #RugbyWorldCup - Has Rassie Erasmus done it again?
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Aug 12, 2023
Carping Point: The controversy around Julius Malema’s comments opens up the genocide debate
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Aug 5, 2023
Carping Point: VIP Protection cops - an appalling act of vicious bullying
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 29, 2023
Carping Point: Joburg CBD gas explosion - the system remains rotten
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 22, 2023
‘Forgotten’ East Rand children get new classroom
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 19, 2023
Carping Point: Stadium management must play its part when things get heated
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 15, 2023
Carping Point: SAPS VIP protection unit - the only solution is to disband ‘blue light bullies’ in its current form
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 8, 2023
Carping Point: A glum Cyril Ramaphosa is a real nowhere man
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jul 1, 2023
Carping Point: There are so many things we will never know about that Ukraine trip
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jun 24, 2023
Carping Point: What next, a Minister of Earthquakes?
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jun 17, 2023
Carping Point: Load shedding - Insurers take dim view despite government’s insistence that everything is under control
By Kevin Ritchie | Published Jun 10, 2023
