South Africa has to earn the title of middle power
On 14 October India’s foreign minister, S Jaishankar, said that India is uncomfortable with the label “middle power”. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, he pointed to the world’s largest population, an economy of about $4
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The BEE delusion: why South Africans are ready for true transformation
Criticisms of black economic empowerment (BEE) intensified in 2026, spurred on by evidence in a recently surfaced 2015 report that some 60% of the net value redistributed by pre-2014 ownership deals in mining had gone to around 46 BEE companies
Health department PR spend is sobering in light of anti-tobacco work
In a “blink and you’ll miss it” flash in the pan late in September, it was reported that the health department had spent some R182 million on health “communications” and events, before the news cycle rotated onwards.
What’s with Peter Thiel and the Antichrist?
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist, technology entrepreneur and political powerbroker (and one of the mega-tech-bro cabal), has developed a weird preoccupation, even an obsession. It is the Antichrist. So disturbed is Thiel by him (it?) that he now frequently
Is your party of choice committed to value for money?
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) approached the leaders of eight political parties – the ANC, DA, MK, EFF, IFP, Freedom Front Plus, ActionSA and the PA – on the value-for-money commitments in their manifestos in the run up to
The sweet, insidious ideology of "cakism" | Nicholas Lorimer
In another episode of Writers’ Room Reads, Nicholas Lorimer reads his article, ‘I Love Democracy’, on the politics of no trade-offs. Read his article here: I Love Democracy For quicker updates follow our WhatsApp channel here: WhatsApp Channel https://youtu.be/NDV39-UlKi0
Johannesburg: It is confidence that really matters
If Helen Zille, the DA candidate for Mayor of Johannesburg, is able to rule with a workable coalition after the 4 November election, she will still have a hard time turning around the city.
The Nobel Peace Prize offensive
On 9 October 2026 the Norwegian Nobel Committee ("the committee") awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem (Navi) Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law", and announced that "Peace requires justice".
