What’s needed in confronting serious corruption

The following is an edited version of my submission to the Constitutional Review Committee of the National Assembly, focusing on four key recommendations relating to tackling corruption, revising the electoral system to match the demands of coalition politics, reforming the

For those at the back: “Just and equitable” compensation is (above) market value

“Market value is not the constitutional standard” is a common argument in the discourse around compensation for expropriated property. And it is correct. But most immediately assume that this implies below market value compensation as a possibility. Instead, mere market

The false threat of revolution

Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the ongoing public debate around BEE and South Africa's lost potential. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO28lq-V3rI

The victimhood complex of MAGA men

A white reporter from America who travelled to South Africa to investigate claims of genocide was cruelly mistreated upon boarding his aeroplane. The political right has long criticised the “woke” left, quite fairly, over what has become known as the

Snake (or frog) oil

SA economy in a coma

Chris Hattingh and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the dismal GDP growth figures for Q1 of 2025. They also talk about government plans for yet another SOE and the removal of Floyd Shivambu as MK secretary general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-GBqja0V4

Of Trump, tacos, chickens and the nastiest of questions

On 2 May, Financial Times writer Robert Armstrong used the term TACO in an article, defining it as "Trump Always Chickens Out." He was referring to Trump's tariffs − Trump's predilection for threatening huge punitive actions and then backpedalling soon

Shifting sands of the BEE debate

Nicholas Lorimer and John Endres discuss the rapidly changing BEE debate and how it is shifting towards admitting BEE’s failure. They also talk about SA’s crime problem and its effect on economic growth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pKhV3PpxKI