Treasury is coming for your bitcoins
South Africa’s government is “modernising” its archaic exchange control regime... by declaring war on crypto assets.
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Why does South Africa need an “AI policy”?
With the recent AI policy scandal in the Department of Communications, South Africa should ask whether it needs a restrictive artificial intelligence policy framework in the first place. Emulating Europe’s regulatory straitjacket would stifle our low-growth economy and impose unaffordable
The curious case of the White House and the missing scientists
Sometimes a long percolating news story comes to a head, and when viewed in context and in the light of day it just seems like science fiction. Which in this case, perhaps it is.
Bankrupted by the city; it could happen to you
Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan discuss the failure of Johannesburg’s water billing system. They also discuss a community that built its own clinic in the Eastern Cape and, lastly, an “employment equity” internship. https://www.youtube.com/live/ncbRAtDekwQ?si=Ke8OpmvlOdBM-NL5
SA's long stand-off with the US: Nothing much for an ambassador to do
On Monday earlier this week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent greetings to South Africa on Freedom Day. There was nothing unusual in that, but the message was short and not sweet.
The Devil Wears Pravda: Russian interference in South Africa’s democracy
Over the New Year holiday at the start of 2023, the Secretary-General of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, was snapped wearing a white suit criss-crossed with images of rail-tracks and sleepers. With corruption investigations into the Republic’s Public Rail Agency, Prasa,
Denel Aerospace: Operational progress must be underpinned by structural reform
On 28 April 2026, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence received a detailed presentation from Denel Aerospace (DAero) outlining its operational state, strategic roadmap and future ambitions. As the EFF’s permanent representative on the committee, I welcomed the frankness of
Dealing with societal problems depends on “reformed, effective public service” – IRR
A reformed, effective public service, is a minimum condition for South Africa’s achieving the higher levels of economic growth on which dealing with its societal problems depends.