Property rights in Africa’s cities: the new frontier of the urban transition
For Africa, the twenty first century promises a squarely urban future. At the turn of the new Millenium, according to the Africapolis database, just under a third of continent’s population lived in towns and cities; by 2025, this had risen to 57%; and by 2040, it is
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News Focus: White House claims Iran conflict has ended as Congress challenges war powers stance
The White House has declared that the recent conflict with Iran has effectively ended, even as a legal deadline requiring congressional authorisation for military action expired amid mounting political dispute.
Everybody is talking about death because nobody is talking about life
Like their progressive counterparts in Canada and Spain, the UK’s right-on politicians want to kill everyone - but would prefer they do it themselves.
The misplaced outrage over the ‘Palestinian Flag Row'
The recent ‘Palestinian flag row’ at Houghton Golf Club sparked widespread anger among many South Africans, but much of the reaction appeared to sidestep the merits of the incident, instead taking on a strongly emotional and, at times, reactionary tone.
Treasury is coming for your bitcoins
South Africa’s government is “modernising” its archaic exchange control regime... by declaring war on crypto assets.
The next chokepoint, the next conflict
Modern power is not just about armies; it is about controlling bottlenecks, as we have seen with the war between the United States (US), Israel, and Iran. When the Strait of Hormuz first closed, the world felt it immediately through fuel prices, freight costs, and the quiet
Do we really understand South Africa?
I recently came across a tweet by Ntsiki Mazwai, in response to growing anger about illegal immigration, angrily accusing the Ruperts and Oppenheimers of plundering trillions of rands from “us” (I assume she means black people) and lamenting that those
The rand falls, the Fed holds, stormy seas ahead
Nicholas Lorimer and Anlu Keeve discuss the worsening global economic outlook. They also discuss BEE sector codes and the legal challenges against them, as well as the new safety budget in Cape Town. https://www.youtube.com/live/TNKDZPgnUK0?si=2ebusMGgbzMQeaY5