

Andrew Kenny
Andrew Kenny is a writer, an engineer and a classical liberal.
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The world’s most immoral democracy
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 26, 2024
“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
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 19, 2024
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

Shell leaves South Africa: political, economic and technical questions
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 12, 2024
The news that Shell is going to quit South Africa has led to much interesting speculation and much silliness. Is it leaving for ‘portfolio management’

Do good policies always lose votes?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 5, 2024
Do good policies always lose votes? In an election campaign, if a political party offered clear, sound policies that have proved successful wherever they have

The first 30 years of apartheid
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Apr 28, 2024
Apartheid essentially began in May 1948 when the National Party won the whites-only general election (on seats, not on total votes). It eventually set up

The Daily Maverick, and the future of the Press
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Apr 21, 2024
The most memorable newspaper headline I ever saw was in England 50 years ago to this month. It surprised me − shocked me, I suppose.

Bad genocide, good genocide, boring genocide
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Apr 14, 2024
“It should never be, and must never be, that atrocities, gross human rights violations and genocide should somehow carry less weight because of the race,

A free market in electricity – how would it work?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Apr 7, 2024
Eskom’s continued failures and its recently announced price hikes are leading to more and more calls for a free market in electricity. How would it

Militant Islam, Marxism and the ANC
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Mar 31, 2024
How does the ANC feel about this? On Friday 22 March, gunmen broke into a big rock concert at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow

White Cuba and black Haiti: Why did they fail?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Mar 24, 2024
Less than 80 kilometres separate Haiti from Cuba. In Haiti in 1804, a large group of black men staged the most successful slave uprising in