SA and the oil shock
With our recent economic growth rates falling below the rate of increase of our population, we are getting poorer. With the war in the Middle East and the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the world, and SA, could
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Pew, pew, you’re dead!
Watching Trump make war is like watching a child play pretend. He just can’t believe his target won’t lie down and act dead.
Making Argentina – and maybe some others – Great Again
The Taca Taca copper prospect sits at over 3500 metres on the Argentina side of the Andes. Reputedly named after the noise of the rail-line – Tacatacatacataca – which connects the Argentine city of Salta to Antofagasta on Chile’s coast
The Rothschilds, Epstein, and why conspiracy narratives never die
I happened to read Steven Boykey Sidley’s recent Daily Friend columnon George Soros while I was already thinking about writing something on the Rothschild family. Sidley’s argument is that Soros has been transformed into a kind of mythical villain, blamed
It’s not treason: it’s how foreign relations work
Lex Libertas, the think tank founded by Dr Ernst Roets, is partnering with the New York Young Republicans Club to bring the issue of farm murders to the attention of the United States’ public and policymakers.
War on Iran: Western misadventure or righteous crusade?
“You cannot bomb people into liberation. The whole idea of freedom is that you choose it for yourself.” (Sizwe Mpofu Walsh)
A futuristic approach: harnessing innovation and technology to be water secure
South Africa's water crisis is a painful reminder of how a water expert, Dr Anthony Turton, was suspended by his ex-employer, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), for giving a warning shot in 2008 about the looming water
Yes, consumer choice matters in gambling policy
Aside from National Treasury’s proposed 20% national online gambling tax and a host of other measures that would destabilise the legal online gambling market and drive more users to offshore platforms, there are several other concerning proposals that have emerged
A carrier of ambition
If the International Fleet Review off Visakhapatnam illustrated the reach of India’s naval diplomacy, stepping aboard INS Vikrant revealed something deeper: the strategic thinking shaping India’s maritime policy.