The tawdry efforts to smear the DA
Rebecca Davis and her colleagues at Daily Maverick sure have it in for the Democratic Alliance. Having exposed no wrongdoing, one has to wonder, why?
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In loving memory of Bill Johnson
The extent of Bill’s wisdom was a wonder, switching with ease between profound and prescient. Only he could describe Julius Malema as a contemporary equivalent of the young Zulu impi performatively fronting up to British forces in view of his
Navigating through today’s global shifts
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Herbert Stein, economist.
Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar on SA’s infrastructure crisis, and how to end it
An unflinching account of the state of South Africa's core infrastructure in a new report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is the subject of tomorrow morning’s webinar. This research is the latest in the IRR’s Blueprint for Growth
The Gordie Howe Bridge—A Terrible Way to Treat a Friend
Canadian Gordie Howe was one of the greatest hockey players ever. Known as Mr. Hockey, Howe played 25 years with the Detroit Redwings, leading them to four Stanley Cup titles. He retired from professional hockey in 1980 at the age
The awkward question of class
Social class and inequality have always been live salient political issues. Indeed, politics is defined as ‘debating the distribution of power’. Politicians in all political camps have no option but to address class issues.
Speaking of which
Noah, hanging his head, has a hangdog look. The dog he is looking for has hair that, he hopes, will be an antidote for the booze he drank last night. A hang of a lot of it, it was.
Parliament discovers tobacco harm reduction
In a rare outbreak of evidence-based policy, the Portfolio Committee on Health has repudiated the dogma that “harm is harm”. Credit where credit is due.
Tau is right about the decline, but the remedy misses the cause
Parks Tau, Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, told a defence industry conference in Pretoria this week that South Africa must confront three decades of decline in its arms industry. Defence force acquisitions from local manufacturers fell to R850m in 2017 from R26.2bn in 1989/90.