IDAC must be scrapped | Paul Hoffman
Advocate Paul Hoffman explains why IDAC needs to be scrapped and replaced with an institution that has the independence and mandate to tackle corruption effectively.
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SA’s economic ascent – part one: Sleeping Beauty
This first of a two-part essay on South Africa’s potential as an economic powerhouse explores what needs to happen politically for the country to achieve this. We are currently living through a fascinating time in how countries across the world
AAD 2026: hit and miss
The African Aerospace & Defence (AAD) exhibition took place between 16 and 18 September 2026 at Air Force Base Waterkloof outside Pretoria. A revisit of my 2022 and 2024 opinion pieces indicate a steady regression in the scale and participation over
Chaos at EFF KZN event
Nicholas Lorimer and Ofentse Donald Davhie discuss a clash in KZN at the weekend between EFF supporters and followers of podcast personality and cultural activist Ngizwe Mchunu. They also discuss ANC factional conflict and efforts in Nelson Mandela Bay to
Is South Africa serious about its sovereignty?
Speaking at Waterkloof Air Force Base, defence and military veterans minister Angie Motshekga opened the 13th Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition with a message worth taking seriously. She told delegates that July’s Defence Industry Lekgotla had produced a roadmap built on “localisation and sovereign capability, ensuring South Africa
Naza: The truth, and nothing but the half truth
Naza presents itself as an exposé of Israel’s targeting system in Gaza. But true facts, carefully selected and stripped of context, can tell a deeply misleading story.
Assessing today’s shifting global order
We are overwhelmed by news flows - which are rarely reported objectively - while knowing little about how national leaders make key decisions.
Trump’s G20: back to basics
As a crisis response entity, the Group of 20 was superb. In 2009 at the nadir of the global financial crisis, leaders from lands accounting for 85% of global output agreed to flood their stumbling economies with cash—demonstrating to a
Election 2026, the commentariat is warming up!
With the municipal elections less than two months away, people are casting the prediction dice with doses of aspersion. Opinions abound left, right and centre.