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The technological marvel on my wrist

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On my left wrist is a technological wonder and an economic oddity. It is spectacular proof that you can have very rapid development while enormously

The man who stopped Grand Apartheid

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Two events sounded the death knell of apartheid. The first was the refusal of Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi to accept “independence” for the KwaZulu Bantustan

Two worlds of property in Johannesburg

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There are two different property problems in Johannesburg. Some people just cannot sell their houses. Others just cannot find accommodation. The first group is small

We are led by a charming, treacherous weakling

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The latest people to be betrayed by Cyril Ramaphosa are the people of Zimbabwe. After yet another blatantly crooked election there, so crooked in fact

Nuclear is best, but stop the squabbling at Koeberg

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There has been a series of silly problems and silly squabbles at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station over the last few years. Things will come

Making a fortune destroying our education

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South African education is under attack. The attack is against our few remaining good schools, not against the majority of bad schools. Most South African

Murder, genocide and songs of hate

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After Julius Malema had chanted ‘Shoot to kill! Kill the Boer, the farmer! Kill the Boer, the farmer! Brrrr! Pah! Pah!’ to thunderous applause in

Taxi mafia exposes a nation of thugs and cowards

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The South African nation is divided into thugs and cowards. Most of us are cowards. The thugs menace the cowards, rob them and humiliate them.

Should Africans copy Afrikaner affirmative action?

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Black Africans should copy the successful Afrikaner affirmative action of the apartheid government. This was the suggestion of Reuel Khoza, a businessman, speaking to the

Essential reading

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I’m afraid I lack the ability to do justice to this, the most important book I’ve read on South Africa for years. It is COUNTDOWN