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Not just corrupt, not just useless, but evil

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In this piece, published in July, and which was one of our most-read pieces of 2022, Andrew Kenny provides a damning overview of ANC governance.

Technological disappointment in 2022

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The year that is ending has been rather a disappointing one for technological advance, and in particular the advance of two much hoped-for technologies that

De Ruyter was not allowed to fix Eskom

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When André de Ruyter resigned as the CEO of Eskom last week, the EFF expressed the thinking of our political class. In an official statement,

How to get a false impression of South Africa

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Wherever I travelled in South Africa I saw only prosperity and racial harmony. I experienced only clean, safe, punctual, world-class public transport. The shops were

Learning from the unnecessary energy crisis

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A completely unnecessary energy crisis afflicts much of the world. Countries that once had successful electricity supply with low prices now suffer electricity shortages and

Crime and Punishment, and the murder of Chris Hani

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Janusz Walus, who in 1993 assassinated Chris Hani, the Communist Party leader, will be released on parole. This was the decision of the Constitutional Court

Racial and sexual indoctrination at schools

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Fish Hoek High School has been in the news following uproar after a “diversity workshop” that was imposed upon it by the DA-run Western Cape

A warmer climate reduces weather extremes

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The warmer the climate, the less extreme the weather. Storms, hurricanes, floods and droughts would lessen in frequency and severity in a warmer world. If

The right education for the modern world

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“Imagine what Julius Caesar would have done with a diploma in military studies!” So spoke a cartoon character in a joke set in ancient Rome

Perhaps we must privatise Eskom, but…

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The best possible electricity supply for a country is through a well-run state electricity company, which we had before 1990. The worst possible is through