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The ANC wins, South Africa loses

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After 30 years of ANC rule, a quarter of our children are so malnourished they are susceptible to permanent brain damage, unemployment is 42%, economic

The most subversive figure in history?

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This is my last column of the year, and since I have nothing interesting to say about the two usual topics at year’s end –

You voted for expensive electricity. So pay up

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In the undemocratic era of apartheid, Eskom produced the world’s cheapest electricity, providing plentiful, reliable electricity for households, commerce and industry, and giving us many

Confused racial psychology governs ANC attitudes to white teachers

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Most South African schools are doing very badly, producing some of the worst educational outcomes on Earth. But some, a select few, are doing very

If you love me, kill me

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If you love me, kill me. Today in South Africa, the greatest act of love, the greatest act of mercy, by one loved one for

Words and deeds of politicians, and why people vote for them

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Floyd Shivambu, who had been caught doing 182 km/hr in his Range Rover and who has received millions of rand from the VBS bank, which

Simple scientific fallacies about climate change

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I was not going to bother to comment on the usual wretched nonsense of the latest UN climate change conference, COP29, taking place in Azerbaijan

Trump is deceptively sane and sensible

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When the results of the American election came rolling in, I had two reactions, one of which puzzled me for a while. My first reaction

America’s dismal choice

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If I were an American, on the cusp of the election, I’d be cursing the fact that the Republican Party didn’t choose as its candidate

Race, sex and women’s sport

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Here is a video of South Africa’s most famous active cricketer, taken eight years ago: Fall In Love Again – Laura Wolvaardt  On Sunday I