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At last! some good sense on energy

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What a relief! The Department of Minerals and Energy has just released its plan for South Africa’s electricity supply until the year 2050. This is

If Elon Musk had stayed in South Africa

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Where would Elon Musk be now if he had not left South Africa? Probable answers: he might be in a prison or in a morgue.

How does hatred come from religion and literature?

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Tomorrow is the New Year, and today is a time to ponder. Has 2023 been an exceptionally horrible year? Probably not, I suppose, although it

Lenin and Somerset Maugham in Russia in 1917

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This is not the time of year to be writing about current politics, so I shall not do so. It is the time of year

Nuclear power and COP 28

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It is somewhat ironic that the official announcement that South Africa is to begin the process of acquiring 2 500 MW of new nuclear power

UK panic over black immigration

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Fifty-seven years ago, the British Labour Party government panicked over black immigration to Britain. It passed the 1968 Commonwealth Immigration Act. An immigration expert commented,

How to improve sport

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How can we make sports better – more exciting, safer, simpler, more interesting, more popular, more unpredictable? I am away from home and my books,

Sasol cringes before the green imperialists

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The break-up of the SASOL AGM last week by green activists demonstrates three things: that big corporations such as Sasol are cringing political cowards; that

A R12 million victim with kinky hair

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The latest chapter in the decline and fall of UCT is called Dr Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng. This strange and unpleasant woman is a psychological phenomenon.

The ANC’s sordid record on international human rights

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This week, Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, continued South Africa’s shameful tradition in international human rights. She showed, once again, that