Braaivleis, rugby, sunshine and car guards
Car guards are a genuinely South African phenomenon. As unique as braaivleis, dipping an Ouma, and load-shedding. Overseas tourists always comment on the lions in
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Being humane, part one: the virtues and the challenges
Humanity has been moving toward ever greater rejection of needless suffering, that is, toward the humane, or, as Canadian-American psycholinguist Steven Pinker put it, “the better angels of our nature.” In his book that takes its title from the phrase,
Widespread welfare concerns found across SA’s captive lion tourism venues
A new study has found that commercial business practices compromise the welfare conditions of captive big cats across multiple aspects of their physical, environmental and behavioural conditions. Peer-reviewed research conducted by welfare and wildlife specialists from Blood Lions and World
More group discussion
“So what?” Noah says. Personally, I think this is abrupt, even rude. Especially when the subject of this – what is the word? – expostulation is as eminent, as exquisite, as the professor. But I am alone in feeling this
News Focus: #PledgeToVote survey
More than 90% of respondents in the IRR’s 2026 #PledgeToVote Survey believe voting makes a difference, highlighting the value participants place on having a say and holding politicians to account. The most frequently selected reason for believing voting matters was
Huge battle in Mpumalanga
In today’s live show, Ricardo Teixeira and Nicholas Lorimer discuss zama zamas running amok, more trouble on the African continent, and a feisty moment in a political debate. https://youtube.com/live/kta831G4glk?feature=share
Miaow Tse-Tung refutes Marx
A story on rising pet ownership in China jarred my pedant-bone when it quoted the claim that pets are “an asset that has no economic value”. The Rational Standard recently carried an article by Viv Vermaak, an associate of the
CITES export quota not a death sentence, but an investment in wildlife value
The export quota associated with elephants, black rhinos, and leopards was just gazetted by Minister Maynier. This could be the first export quota of these species since 2020. Some may argue that it’s not needed or is even unethical. However,
For today's elite, even war is oblivious cosplay
In March 2021, the broadcaster Sky announced that it was offering a placement programme exclusively for minority candidates across its news division. Bosses there felt that events in Minnesota the previous year should be honoured with affirmative action in Greater