Will the PIE Amendment Bill solve land invasions?
The government claims that an escalating crisis of property hijackings and unlawful land invasions – long encouraged by the PIE Act – will be curtailed by the PIE Amendment Bill, which creates a better “balance.” This claim is false.
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The US War with Iran - it was supposed to be easier than this…
There is a particular kind of hubris that afflicts powerful states on the eve of a war they expect to win quickly. It is the conviction that the enemy will behave according to the planner's model rather than its own
Ramaphosa’s forked tongue on immigration
The president condemns xenophobic violence while validating the very falsehoods that fuel it. The mob he warns against is the mob his own party helped create.
Malema’s dodgy cop ally
Ricardo Teixeira and Nicholas Lorimer discuss Malema’s connections to Feroz Khan, which have emerged at the Madlanga Commission. They also discuss Morero’s recent promotion and rising xenophobia. https://www.youtube.com/live/PD6Eqa0VZec?si=4IcBxuj_8gQjw2S1
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
Proposed Pinelands development battle is not "about a golf course"
There is a growing refrain emerging in the debate around the proposed development of the King David Mowbray Golf Club precinct in Cape Town: that opposition to the development is an attempt by a privileged few to preserve an elite
Schools may have admissions criteria restricted
Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss restrictions on school admissions criteria proposed by the Department of Basic Education. They also discuss the President’s address on immigration and efforts by businesses to fix Johannesburg. https://www.youtube.com/live/ZyfpTZrskGs?si=eEmeSfUcuWwREJj4
Stephen, we don’t need to wait for history to judge Ramaphosa’s reforms
This piece, written in response to a recent article by Daily Maverick writer Stephen Grootes, was offered to, but declined by, the Daily Maverick.* Stephen Grootes is right that economic growth is the test of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legacy. But