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The left despises the working classes

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I never know what the political terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ stand for and nobody has ever explained them to me, although they are used all

Why is nuclear power taking so long?

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As storms and gales and torrential rains sweep over us shivering in Cape Town, my thoughts have turned again to nuclear power. My thoughts have

Why the elites hate Trump

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Donald Trump would be fairly low down in my choices for President of the USA but I’d certainly vote for him if he were standing

Land and race. May we tell the truth?

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The land question has been brought up by several new MPs sworn in last week.  These include Andile Mngxitama, the former leader of Black First

Retreat of the mainstream media

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Media 24 announced last week that it will be closing down many of its famous printed newspapers including Beeld, Rapport and City Press and also

Chasing 30 years of failure

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The most distressing outcome of the May election was that over 67% of the votes went to parties proposing policies that have failed disastrously over

Only business can end poverty

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The turmoil and angry arguments in the aftermath of the election of 29 May demonstrate the profound division in the ideology of South African politics.

I just want what the white people have

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The day before I voted, I looked to see what the world thought about our 2024 election and came across this story. “‘I just want

The world’s most immoral democracy

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“One man, one vote – once!” This was the standard prediction of whites in South Africa and in Rhodesia, as they watched one African country

Cyril Ramaphosa and the art of lying

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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s claims about the benefits of the NHI are a pack of lies, of course. But they are illustrative lies. They say much