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Government took the foreign-owned spaza shop bait

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Food at spaza shops is likely being poisoned. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response is exactly what would-be poisoners would have wanted. Today is the deadline for

Should medicines be advertised to consumers?

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RFK Jr. wants to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicine in the US. Most countries, including South Africa, do ban it. Should they? In addition

MAGA hippies fall for raw milk

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There was a time when unhinged back-to-nature idealism was limited to the green left. Not anymore. Raw milk has become a MAGA symbol. We all

Only government can end the culture of corruption

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Ending corruption doesn’t require a “social contract” to “change the culture”. Government has the sole responsibility to end and prevent corruption.  In the comments on

What Didata scandal says about private sector corruption

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The sensational judgment declaring the 2019 sale of The Campus to have been illegal and void is a teaching moment. “This is a uniquely South

Defending liberalism against authoritarianism

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Around the world, the illiberal left battles the illiberal right. Liberals are caught in the middle, fighting a war few seem to care about. The

Trump’s three-ring circus is coming to Washington

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US president-elect Donald Trump has been pre-announcing his choices for top government posts. It reads like a circus programme. The modern circus was invented by

Sweden bucks prohibitionist orthodoxy to become smoke-free

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By going against the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s prohibitionism, Sweden has become the first country in Europe to become smoke-free. In 2021, the European

Who will run America’s health agencies?

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RFK Jr., whom US president-elect Donald Trump tapped to be in charge of all the health agencies, has been soliciting nominees online. US president-elect Donald

Are there upsides to a Trump presidency?

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It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of Donald Trump, president-elect of the US, but could we expect some good things? I’ve written at