Draconian rules on crypto asset “imports” and “exports” must be scrapped
National Treasury wants to subject bitcoin and all crypto assets to draconian state controls over the deemed “importing” or “exporting” of digital assets that have
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Can the midterm elections really be rigged?
There are three ways to sow distrust in an electoral system that purports to be a democracy. You can sow distrust in the mechanics of vote-counting (this, of course, usually requires you to produce hard evidence). You can sow distrust
IRR polling shows Roelf Meyer right to reject “white genocide” claim
Polling shows SA ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer “is in step with a clear majority of South Africans in rejecting the allegation that a ‘white genocide’ is taking place in the country”, says the Institute of Race Relations
The real AI apocalypse is the death of trust
Influencers are being paid to warn you that a self-improving AI will wipe out humanity. The research says otherwise. The real danger is already in your Facebook feed. There is a strange cognitive dissonance at the heart of the artificial
Foreign policy lessons SA can draw from India
Under the exceptional leadership of Narendra Modi, India has come to be regarded as a non-Western power rather than an anti-Western power. He has shown global political players that India can embrace tolerance and deepen ties with both Western and
Who is really behind Zuma?
Hermann Pretorius and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the strange monograph from the Thabo Mbeki Foundation titled The United States of America and the future of the Afrikaners in South Africa. They also discuss an NHI scandal. Follow our WhatsApp channel to
Capital punishment – an easy answer to a complicated problem
“Death penalty: Let’s not aspire to being a bloodthirsty, barbaric nation”, read a headline last week over a Daily Maverick piece by veteran journalist Mondli Makhanya. As Ekurhuleni (and the rest of the country) reels under the fear that a
From cancer and IQ to crime: probability and life’s discontents
Probability is not intuitive – even for very numerate people. I have heard accountants and engineers say their stats course was the one they struggled with most of all. For someone in the social sciences it is the bane of