Johannesburg needs more than a fix – it needs a vision
There is something about the story of Michele Ciani that has stayed with me.
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Identity politics speaks many languages
Ethnic nationalism, “group rights” and “cultural rights” come in left-wing and right-wing flavours. All are incompatible with a free society founded on individual rights and equality before the law.
Monty Python and the great energy marketplace
If we ignore fossil fuels (and we really shouldn’t – they are still the dominant energy source and will be for some time) and try to cut through the extraordinary amount of energy-tech hype spewed out by various true believers,
When the ANC goes, Labour does too
In the secret weekly competition between the ANC and the UK Labour Party, in which each tries to outshit the other, there was something of a photo-finish at 10pm last Friday.
Competing with the world to keep skills means getting policies right – IRR
Race laws, insecure property rights, and corruption are barriers to investment in South Africa, and barriers to job creation and the realisation of a better life for South Africans, says Makone Maja, strategic engagements manager at the Institute of Race
The high costs of “free” university education
The African National Congress (ANC), which continues to dominate the Government of National Unity (GNU) despite its reduced voter support, has long been determined to “massify” universities and provide “free” education for poor and working-class students.
Really, professors?
Professor Pierre de Vos is a professor of constitutional law at UCT. He occupies the Claude Leon chair at that august institution. Jonny Steinberg was a professor of African Studies at Oxford for nine years.
Why liberals should support AfriForum and the Solidarity Movement
For reasons that continue to mystify, many supposed classical liberals cannot help but lay into AfriForum and the Solidarity Movement with criticism they do not give to other non-liberals.
South Africa abandons its swimmers | Leah Potgieter
Nicholas Lorimer speaks to DA MP Leah Potgieter about South Africa’s swimming athletes, the role of sport in building a better society, and why quotas are bad for sport. Read her article here: The medals we celebrate and the swimmers