Mbeki warns of bloodshed if BEE goes – he has it wrong
According to Thabo Mbeki – or technically, the document put out by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation – for South Africa to abandon its policy trajectory
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The pursuit of excellence: Grant Wood and William Shirer, from Cedar Rapids to the world
One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1926, Bill Shirer and Grant Wood sat on the terrace of the Deux Magots café in Paris and sipped white wine. Aspiring journalist Shirer was 22, painter Wood 35. Both came from
News Focus: growth SA’s “best jobs programme”
Economic growth “is the best jobs programme South Africa could have”, and until economic constraints holding growth back are removed, there is little hope of reducing the country’s chronic unemployment. So says Anlu Keevé, Economic Policy Analyst and Research Coordinator
South Africa is a slow-moving car crash
There is something deeply unsettling about South Africa’s economic future that does not get nearly enough attention: we are living through a demographic window that will not remain open indefinitely, and we have so far struggled to turn it into
Being humane, part one: the virtues and the challenges
Humanity has been moving toward ever greater rejection of needless suffering, that is, toward the humane, or, as Canadian-American psycholinguist Steven Pinker put it, “the better angels of our nature.” In his book that takes its title from the phrase,
Widespread welfare concerns found across SA’s captive lion tourism venues
A new study has found that commercial business practices compromise the welfare conditions of captive big cats across multiple aspects of their physical, environmental and behavioural conditions. Peer-reviewed research conducted by welfare and wildlife specialists from Blood Lions and World
More group discussion
“So what?” Noah says. Personally, I think this is abrupt, even rude. Especially when the subject of this – what is the word? – expostulation is as eminent, as exquisite, as the professor. But I am alone in feeling this
News Focus: #PledgeToVote survey
More than 90% of respondents in the IRR’s 2026 #PledgeToVote Survey believe voting makes a difference, highlighting the value participants place on having a say and holding politicians to account. The most frequently selected reason for believing voting matters was
Huge battle in Mpumalanga
In today’s live show, Ricardo Teixeira and Nicholas Lorimer discuss zama zamas running amok, more trouble on the African continent, and a feisty moment in a political debate. https://youtube.com/live/kta831G4glk?feature=share