Legislating leg-ups

“So, let’s recap,” says Noah. “B-BBEE, by dividing the population into racial silos and imposing mandatory quotas for each, is racialist in concept. In its implementation, which concentrates exclusively on satisfying the quota for blacks, it becomes nakedly racist. The

Bondi Beach and the clash of civilizations

As this confusing year draws to a close, painfully punctuated by the excrescence of the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, I was suddenly reminded of an incident when I was a younger man, a left-wing liberal. I

The import of personal appearance

The 2025 Miss Universe contest just happened in Thailand. The world’s premier bodybuilding contest occurred a month before. This time of the year also sees a number of movie award events. All of the above are contests of physical appeal

Beware the wrath of the 15-year-old white boy

Local transgender activist Max du Preez was extremely upset this week, delaying some activities related to his annual octogenarian nudist summit – he was hosting a Swiss couple this year – to accuse certain Afrikaans groups of bleeding pre-1994 ideas

Boshoff should reconsider his assurances on EWC

Theo Boshoff, CEO of Agbiz, has once again sought to calm nerves in the agricultural sector amid ongoing property policy turbulence, especially the fallout from the controversial new Expropriation Act. This is unwise, given the political reality of the Act.

Will the DA break the NDR?

One cannot understand South Africa without understanding its dominant political party – the African National Congress (ANC). One cannot understand the ANC without understanding its North Star, the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). The NDR ideology has been advanced by the

Anti-corruption reform by sleight of hand won’t do

Colette Ashton, writing on ISS Today and the Daily Maverick on 9 December, International Anti-Corruption Day, suggests that the people of South Africa have been waiting for ten years for reform of the country’s anti-corruption institutions. Ashton is an attorney

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