The Bronkhorstpruit water crisis – facts, failures and fibs
The recent water crisis in Bronkhorstpruit has shown a brutal spotlight on the political and administrative leadership in Tshwane. Lead by ActionSA Mayor Nasiphi Moya with the support of the ANC and EFF the coalition. The city was found to
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Caring about minorities vs caring about individuals
“When did liberals stop caring about minorities?” asks Martin van Staden. The answer is: they didn’t stop; they never did.
Don’t just plan to vote
Do you think voting makes a difference? When the #PledgeToVote campaign, an initiative of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), funded by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), put that question to people in an informal online survey, the most common
I got lucky. You didn't
A ballot for the 100th Comrades has left thousands of runners angry, but the real question is larger: when a national institution becomes too popular for everyone to take part, what does loyalty actually entitle you to?
Treasury, Reserve Bank “right to listen” on crypto rules – IRR
South Africa should “embrace” the rapid global shift to digitising and tokenising payment systems, and “not watch the opportunities pass it by”, says Dr John Endres, CEO of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). “Whatever rules emerge now should make
BEE is NOT in the "national interest"
Makone Maja explains to Nicholas Lorimer why recent defences of BEE as being in the ‘national interest’ are nothing more than a smokescreen for political resource extraction. Read the article here: Minister Ntshavheni, is BEE of national interest or ANC
Selective non-alignment: Pretoria must change its Russia policy
Writing in the Daily Maverick in September 2025, International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola set out the clearest official statement of what non-alignment is meant to be. It is “not anti-West or anti anyone,” but “an expression of sovereignty anchored in
A path to the end of animal testing in drug discovery?
I recently wrote a column about the impact that AI is already having on drug discovery, particularly in the early part of the process where researchers try to find a molecular “key” that fits a biological “lock”. The article described