Government took the foreign-owned spaza shop bait
Food at spaza shops is likely being poisoned. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response is exactly what would-be poisoners would have wanted. Today is the deadline for
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Can the GNU defeat the NDR?
In the 30 years since 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies in the South African Communist Party (SACP), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and elsewhere have made substantial progress in implementing a long-planned National
Should medicines be advertised to consumers?
RFK Jr. wants to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicine in the US. Most countries, including South Africa, do ban it. Should they? In addition to institutionalising vaccine scepticism by promoting false beliefs about vaccine safety, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
From Hangberg to Hong Kong: organised crime and abalone trafficking
Haliotis midae – abalone or perlemoen – is a large sea snail found along South Africa’s coast, particularly in the Western and Eastern Cape. It is the commodity binding poverty-stricken communities in South Africa to high-end restaurants in Asia, where
Trump-induced realism
There are compelling reasons to dislike Donald Trump, yet many who had been put-off by him now welcome his realism. Trump’s domestic approval rating has ratcheted upward since the US’s 5 November elections, as many Democrats are fed-up with their
Nicholas Lorimer riffs on a smorgasbord of current political issues
We present the podcasts of the weekly IRR Show on Chai FM. The show is broadcast live every Tuesday from 09h00 to 10h00 on Chai FM 101.9 and deals with the politics of the day and related issues. We also
Confused racial psychology governs ANC attitudes to white teachers
Most South African schools are doing very badly, producing some of the worst educational outcomes on Earth. But some, a select few, are doing very well, the match for the best schools elsewhere. What is the response of the ruling
How to think like a Jaguar exec
I am not a luxury brand consumer, nor one of electric vehicles. but I might be one day, so it’s perfectly fine for me to have an opinion about Jaguar’s recent rebranding. We are all lifelong influencers, so what we
The new sheriff and the democratic order
There's a new sheriff in town − [sounds of clapping and booing] − and despite my previous doubts I'm glad. And, to my astonishment, so are a lot of other people who I wouldn't have suspected of harbouring such subversive