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What does presidential avoidance of “the risk of a conflict of interest” mean?
The Phala Phala debacle has generated a lot of loose talk about whether or not a conflict of interest is in evidence on the President’s own version of the goings on around his dollar-stuffed couch at his game farm near
When is non-racialism not non-racialism? When it is carried out by methods of constitutional vandalism
Over the past few weeks, an important public debate has unfolded between myself and Christo van der Rheede of the FW de Klerk Foundation over one of the defining constitutional questions of post-apartheid South Africa: does the Constitution require or
South African elite psychosis and the personality of Donald Trump
Much has changed in South African civic discourse since the beginning of 2025, to the point of being jarring to many of us. What could explain the about-face, especially among those who used to portray themselves as the moderate middle?
South Africa doesn't look like you think it does
Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest General Household Survey from StatsSA. They also chat about Ramaphosa's challenge to the impeachment enquiry, and the broken South African asylum system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7SA1ZKUUI
One private security officer per 91 citizens: what that number tells you
Every year, South Africans absorb another batch of crime statistics, shake their heads, and move on.
The ANC’s quandary over municipal debt
Municipalities across the country owe Eskom a very large and fast-growing amount. The ANC will have to come up with an urgent solution to this vast black hole in the country’s finances ahead of the local government elections.
Keeping track of Transnet, political risks, and what now for Mr Phala Phala?
This is the first of a new monthly feature in which I will be highlighting some of the latest research by the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) on political, economic and geopolitical events affecting South African businesses.
Joburg seeks to hire even more managers
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss Johannesburg's hiring more staff despite being unable to afford it, as the city loses control over its own finances. They also discuss a court defeat for Minister John Steenhuisen and the Department of Agriculture.