Stephen, we don’t need to wait for history to judge Ramaphosa’s reforms
This piece, written in response to a recent article by Daily Maverick writer Stephen Grootes, was offered to, but declined by, the Daily Maverick.* Stephen Grootes is right that economic growth is the test of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legacy. But
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Let’s give it to the dogs this year…
Working dogs shepherding sheep or cattle, K9 dogs in war zones working alongside their soldier handlers, or in the bush with anti-poaching rangers, sniffer dogs patrolling Woolworths for explosives, dogs rescuing people, helping them recover from trauma or injury …
‘Duck soup’ meets Marx and his brothers
“You ducked,” I say. I am, as they say today, calling Noah out.
FIFA: the world’s most evil monopoly
It is corrupt. It is criminal. It is tyrannical. And no other private organisation in the world gets special laws to feed its greed.
The George Floyd madness destroyed the UK
Minorities in the UK are touchy when whispers of revolution drift into the nation’s dining rooms at night, but cheerfully, I’m here to inform them. With the exception of grooming gangs, they’re okay, because if revolution is occasioned, which many
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: