What US Democrats could learn from the DA
MAGA has offered voters the most persuasive case against radicalism in living memory. Some left-wingers are determined to fight fire with fire.
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Why Africa’s middle class is so small
Understanding Africa’s upliftment challenges should guide South Africa’s growth policies.
The need to reprise a golden age of foreign reporting
After the First World War and disastrous 1919 Paris peace accord, four young American would-be journalists rolled up on European shores.
Anyone for a nice, cheap shot of cynicism?
A party that has governed disastrously could hardly ask for a more convenient electorate than one persuaded that replacing it cannot possibly make any difference.
Johannesburg needs more than a fix – it needs a vision
There is something about the story of Michele Ciani that has stayed with me.
Slavery and the demand for reparations
In March this year the UN declared slavery “the gravest crime against humanity”, though the US voted against and every European nation abstained.
Multiplying division: why the black adder is a bad subtractor
“Behold the Midnight Rambler. What have you been doing so late into the night, my dear?” ‘My dear’, when uttered with such asperity, is not to be taken literally. Indeed, it means the very opposite. Much in the spirit of
News Focus: undercompensation threatens dependants, IRR argues
In two press releases yesterday, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) underscored the multi-generational importance of affirming and extending property rights to South Africa’s women, and warned how the country’s property expropriation legislation posed a potential threat to children.
March and March marches on!
Today’s live show with Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer react to the latest weird, wonderful and woeful news from South Africa. They discuss March and March, their meeting with AfriForum, Nomvula Mokonyane’s interview on Women in SA, and the accusations