The victimhood complex of MAGA men

A white reporter from America who travelled to South Africa to investigate claims of genocide was cruelly mistreated upon boarding his aeroplane. The political right has long criticised the “woke” left, quite fairly, over what has become known as the

Snake (or frog) oil

SA economy in a coma

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the dismal GDP growth figures for Q1 of 2025. They also talk about government plans for yet another SOE and the removal of Floyd Shivambu as MK secretary general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-GBqja0V4

Of Trump, tacos, chickens and the nastiest of questions

On 2 May, Financial Times writer Robert Armstrong used the term TACO in an article, defining it as "Trump Always Chickens Out." He was referring to Trump's tariffs − Trump's predilection for threatening huge punitive actions and then backpedalling soon

Shifting sands of the BEE debate

Nicholas Lorimer and John Endres discuss the rapidly changing BEE debate and how it is shifting towards admitting BEE’s failure. They also talk about SA’s crime problem and its effect on economic growth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pKhV3PpxKI

A “small, minority party”, with an outsized influence

It’s a “small, minority party”, President Cyril Ramaphosa told his American counterpart at their face-to-face a week ago. It was not a part of the government, and its rhetoric did not reflect government policy. He was referring to the Economic

South Africa: The curse of high expectations

It is a story as old as humanity itself. Icarus burns his wings when he flies too close to the sun. Icarus didn't fail – he just aimed too high. He had a good plan: his wings were well-designed, he

The black victims of BEE

BEE has one purpose only, and that is to enrich the political elite. It has been brilliantly successful. The result of BEE exactly fulfills the intention: it has made the rich richer and the poor poorer, and has worsened the