Alternatives to a BRICS searching for a role
The BRICS grouping — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — and its other members and partners met in New Delhi over the weekend and issued a mammoth 51-page declaration. A long declaration with little really new is a
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ANC candidate lists in chaos: Fikile says it's the enemy within
Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss an internal ANC report on how the ANC failed to submit its candidate lists to the IEC on time. They also discuss the battle between the Minister and the DG in the Department of
Thank God I'm alive today
Over the last week I have been playing around with a fun AI tool called "Any Human Ever" . When you click the button on the site, it generates a random imaginary human life, based on statistical probability. Over the entirety of human existence, it is
Preserving the IDAC in any way would be a mistake
Many admirable sentiments are expressed in the DM opinion piece penned by Xola Nqola, an ANC MP, who is chair of the justice portfolio committee in the National Assembly. However, he misses the mark by a country mile; here’s why.
March and Braai: The strange loops of South African history
The first thing I thought of when I heard that AfriForum and March and March were collaborating was Piet Retief and Dingaan trying to broker a deal on a precarious cliff called Vulture’s Hill (Aasvoelkop) after a festivity took a
Houthis Seize Yemen's Red Sea Coast as Saudi Pipeline Shutdown Deepens Energy Crisis
Iran-aligned Houthi forces have taken control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline, seizing the islands that command the Bab al-Mandeb strait and handing the group leverage over one of the last open arteries for Gulf oil. The advance, completed Friday
Rescue yourself: swap phone time for serious reading
Have you ever bumped into someone marvellously erudite, full of wisdom and interesting information on a wide range of issues? On the other hand, have you ever bumped into someone who seems to have stepped straight out of the movie
Of angels and devils, and souls in between
“Sad case, very sad.” Noah’s gaze is upon me. Normally I like being the centre of attention, and this is so even when someone as familiar as Noah is dishing it out. But when a gaze is preceded by so
News Focus: form should follow function in SA municipalities
Municipal powers, responsibilities and fiscal autonomy should be structured according to the circumstances and capacity of individual municipalities, says a new study from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).