Crime and the science behind fighting it

Crime is a behaviour which society frowns upon and which results in someone being made a victim of suffering. Crime destroys society. Apart from its terrible direct suffering, crime undermines trust and cooperation, imposes large financial costs and diverts resources

To fix SA mining, start by fixing the law

South Africa’s mining industry is becoming “uninvestable.” The country has among the most valuable mineral endowments in the world, but is nevertheless battling to attract new investment – particularly for the exploration vital to the industry’s future.

God and the machine – AI enters the Vatican

Encyclicals from the papacy have traditionally been events of great gravitas for the 1.4 billion Catholic faithful. Being neither Catholic nor religious, I have had only a passing rather than a personal interest in them.

Bad men doing good: A parable of capitalism’s true genius 

Advocates of free-market capitalism often note that this ordering of society does not seek to change imperfect human nature but rather channel it constructively. A short and honest parable about how this might look in the real world, could be illustrative: 

Bad cops rule, good cops suffer

Ricardo Teixeira and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the latest developments at the Madlanga Commission and the shockwaves from the war with Iran. Lastly, they discuss new rules in Stellenbosch residences. https://www.youtube.com/live/eK3G8xg-bPI?si=5mljBtCiQKcHeZs5

The home stretch

The Emfuleni by-election: Is the DA’s big breakthrough close?

Last week, the DA took a leap in winning, for the first time, a township ward that has almost only black voters.

So, the Left wants to review the Constitution

The “conference of the Left” was held in Gauteng at the end of May. The SACP has produced a lengthy document that sets out to capture the essence of the discussions held. The document ends dramatically with a summary of