A failing empire, consumed by ignorance, avarice and hatred
The once-great US of A is on a downward spiral, ruled by a megalomaniac who arrogantly exudes ignorance. I did tell you so.
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Creepy commonalities: the revival of nostalgia for evil pasts
In the bestselling satirical novel by Timur Vermes, Look Who’s Back, a scruffy character in a dusty and petrol-soaked trenchcoat with a trademark sweep of dark forelock and a toothbrush moustache awakes on a patch of open ground in central
The most endearing feature of the high-trust society is the honesty box
In many English villages, eggs or vegetables are left outside homes on tables. You take half a dozen of the former, then you slip cash into a box, ordinarily a few pounds. Nobody is guarding the table, nobody is monitoring
Scrap race laws for SA’s sake, not Washington’s, IRR urges government
Whatever Washington’s concerns are, South Africa should ditch race laws and threats to property because they directly harm South Africans in every government-defined race group. So says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in response to the new US visa
Striking down of Public Procurement Act “major victory for South Africans” – IRR Legal
The Constitutional Court’s striking down the Public Procurement Act (PPA) due to Parliament’s failure to facilitate public participation “is a major victory for South Africans, service delivery recipients, voters, municipalities and other organs of state”. So says IRR Legal, noting
Crude errors: the government’s flawed strategic fuel reserve plan
Two key events in the past week put Gulf oil supplies at increased risk and helped push the price of Brent crude back above $100 a barrel. The first was Saudi Arabia’s decision to shut down its East-West crude pipeline
Marco Rubio takes on the South African elite on Constitution Day
Hello from the District of Columbia swamp! This column goes live on 17 September, Constitution Day in the United States, and I had the privilege of writing it during a long stay in the American capital. Two days earlier, 15 September, was National Voter
What does “slow down” even mean? (and Elon Musk’s big idea)
Keeping up is exhausting. The constant flow of WTF stories out of the global AI technopolitical ecosystem has rendered both the commentators and the curious (including this writer) a little punch-drunk.
SA's economy needs radical change | Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen and Nicholas Lorimer discuss weakening business confidence and how to fix South Africa’s economy. https://youtu.be/OHn2NWdH3RY