Chris Patterson

“South Africa could come to a standstill,” I wrote in August last year, after the Appropriation Bill was passed by Parliament. Not until days before

There is one thing the ANC has been consistent about over the years: their commitment to ensuring that millions of South Africans stay reliant on

Congratulations to the matric class of 2024. Theirs is an achievement many South African children only hope to attain, but even for these matriculants, what

National government, provincial governments and municipalities are not only fooling the public, they are also fooling themselves. While Gauteng’s water crisis – no longer looming

Many of South Africa’s problems can be laid at the foot of our state-owned entities (SOEs). Over the past ten years, the South African Government

The time for an unequal education system must come to an end. With a new minister in charge of basic education for the first time

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s recent comments about ‘swart gevaar’ is the most dangerous thing he has said in recent weeks, as the government continues to

Infrastructure, whether it be railways, ports, or roads, is vital to an economy. Just as a body cannot survive without healthy veins and arteries to

Every quarter, researchers and analysts wait patiently for StatsSA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey to assess the government’s efforts at “sustainable job creation”. Yet over the