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What classical liberalism really stands for

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Gabriel Crouse | 17 August 2019 Analyst Prince Mashele’s real problem with Helen Zille is that he does not like the idea of liberalism at

Mayor Pete, my man – until he stumbled

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I thought Pete Buttigieg was the perfect candidate to counter Donald Trump … and then he abandoned principle in pursuit of the ‘black vote’. The

Revisiting the white privilege debate: an open letter*

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I address this open letter to Kevin Leathem, the deputy principal of Jeppe High School in Johannesburg, whose speech about white privilege went viral a

In Memoriam: Raymond Louw 1926 – 2019

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‘A well-informed society works. You cannot beat that.’ Distinguished journalist Raymond Louw, acknowledged in South Africa and abroad as a preeminent fighter for freedom of

A farmer contemplates the conundrum of Goldman Sachs’ optimism

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‘Jislaaik, I look at Goldman and I think to myself, what if I’m the idiot missing the flippin’ trick, here?’ Nampo is a good place

Musings of a white guy at an EFF rally

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I’m not sure what exactly drew me to the EFF rally, but once I was closing in on Orlando Stadium, it became the sense of

The intersection of language and power EFF-style

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When Julius Malema denigrates blacks, he doesn’t think he’s being racist because “blacks can’t be racist”. Talk in the South African public arena, like ‘most