No jobs: The dashed dreams resulting from a stalled economy
Watching a Bloomberg documentary on the Stilfontein mining disaster, I came to the realisation that these zama-zamas know full well the illegality of their actions, but to them the difference between legal and illegal work is immaterial. They work to put food on the table, put
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An urgent meander at The Hague
“Honestly, m’lord, we know he was in the bank when the robbery took place. We believe he is one of the robbers. Grant us an urgent interdict preventing him from doing any further robberies. If he is the robber, then
Assessing Powell’s performance at the Fed
MIT professor Kristin Forbes says Jay Powell successfully dealt with four extraordinary events during his eight years heading the Federal Reserve. Fed independence, she said, was tested more than at any time in 50 years, US tariffs went to a
Palestine-Israel question overshadows atrocities across Africa
Most African countries reclaimed their political independence from the late 1950s, with Ghana becoming the first African country to attain independence, paving the way for several others to follow suit.Most African countries reclaimed their political independence from the late 1950s,
Let’s give it to the dogs this year…
Working dogs shepherding sheep or cattle, K9 dogs in war zones working alongside their soldier handlers, or in the bush with anti-poaching rangers, sniffer dogs patrolling Woolworths for explosives, dogs rescuing people, helping them recover from trauma or injury …
‘Duck soup’ meets Marx and his brothers
“You ducked,” I say. I am, as they say today, calling Noah out.
FIFA: the world’s most evil monopoly
It is corrupt. It is criminal. It is tyrannical. And no other private organisation in the world gets special laws to feed its greed.
The George Floyd madness destroyed the UK
Minorities in the UK are touchy when whispers of revolution drift into the nation’s dining rooms at night, but cheerfully, I’m here to inform them. With the exception of grooming gangs, they’re okay, because if revolution is occasioned, which many
Crime and the science behind fighting it
Crime is a behaviour which society frowns upon and which results in someone being made a victim of suffering. Crime destroys society. Apart from its terrible direct suffering, crime undermines trust and cooperation, imposes large financial costs and diverts resources