Is Gwede Mantashe in love with Cecil John Rhodes?
Is Cecil John Rhodes the mentor and hero of Gwede Mantashe? After Mantashe’s mad outburst on Freedom Day last Sunday, I can think of no
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Is SA ready for a white president?
Marius Roodt, Chris Hattingh, and Michael Morris ask whether South Africa is ready for a white president? They also discuss Fikile Mbalula taking the DA to task over the party's challenging of racial employment quotas and prospects for the GNU
The crash, the blame, and the fake economist
As the US economy craters, President Donald Trump blames former president Joe Biden, while his trade czar, who once channelled a non-existent economist, calls it good news. Trump is adept at taking credit for news that looks good to him,
Tanzania and Uganda: time for a little less carrot and more stick?
The arrest on 9 April of Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian opposition leader, and the subsequent banning of his party, Chadema, from elections for the next five years is the latest in a series of authoritarian shifts in East Africa. In
Too much alcohol and South Asian takeaway fried in seed oil …
I wasn’t thinking clearly when I asked News24’s in-house doxxer Kyle Cowan earlier this week if he’d seduced the African man his ex-partner accused him of cheating on her with by wearing the uniform of a Virgin Atlantic air steward.
The irony is still lost: A response to Anton Harber on race law
Anton Harber continues his defence of race law on the basis of the noble-hearted intentions of the selfless and pure souls who serve in South Africa’s executive and legislature, maintaining that a race law cannot be considered as such if
Musk, Tesla and the first whiff of ruin
There are two narratives bouncing around the airwaves. The first is that almost everyone who is interested in environmentally friendly cars now dislikes Musk (because of DOGE, DEI and other antics), so they won't be buying Teslas − or won't
HIV treatment programmes are in trouble
Sara Gon and Makone Maja discuss the impact of the loss of US funding that supported HIV programmes, the employment equity targets, as well as the Gauteng government's latest act of malfeasance of renting buildings for millions whilst they own
The Zelensky visit: Engineering backdowns?
There are signs of an about-turn in a key aspect of the ANC’s foreign policy. Last week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a one-day visit to South Africa. The visit was part of the ANC’s attempt to execute an abrupt