We copied the wrong country
South Africa’s post-liberation government leant heavily on the model for post-colonial economic redress in Malaysia. It chose wrong.
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Time to jettison the “net zero” illusion
Following last week’s reshuffle of the GNU cabinet, South Africa has a new minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment, the DA’s David Maynier. The country also needs a new approach to climate change: one that is far more realistic
What happens to left-wing politics when AI decimates the working class?
Every political party of the left, everywhere, has the same word around which much of its messaging emerges. Workers. The British Labour Party is named for them. The Democratic Party invokes "working families" with regularity. The Democratic Socialists of America
SA’s water crisis: the cost of inaction will dwarf the repair bill
Data suggests that South Africa is approaching a water crisis which, if left unchecked, could eclipse the load-shedding crisis that defined that decade to 2024.
Thunderous applause for Constitutional Court's abandoning the Constitution
Section 26 of the Constitution reads identically in 2026 as it did in 1996, and there has been no attempt – much less a successful one – to amend it. Yet, this provision of our so-called “highest law” means something
Cut procurement premiums to fix broken municipal finances – IRR Legal
IRR Legal has reached out to all 69 financially distressed municipalities across South Africa that have recently had their national grant funding withheld by the National Treasury under Section 216(2) of the Constitution, with the offer of a lifeline in
Constitutional Court rules against development
Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the Tafelberg School Constitutional Court ruling. They also discuss the importance of the middle class and the Treasury’s restrictions on payments to municipalities. https://youtube.com/live/BxzZ6p2lTWM?feature=share
The DA and the uncertainty of the second transition
In what was billed by the DA as his first major policy address, the party’s recently elected leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis, spoke last week about the country’s second transition, what he termed “a brand-new era”.
Why the youth don’t vote – and why that may be changing
Historically, there has been a problem with the youth not voting in elections.