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DA derangement syndrome strikes SA media

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No matter what the DA does or says, you can be sure a chorus of journalists will declare it to be racist, to seek a

In praise of smugglers

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The Covid-19 lockdown provided opportunities for enterprising people to circumvent the often irrational bans on everything from can openers to cigarettes. By doing so, they

New regulations promise Apartheid-style censorship

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Regulations are soon to be promulgated to give effect to the provisions of the Film and Publications Act, which was amended last year. It will

The tyranny of context-free numbers

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Every day, we get an update on Covid-19 cases and deaths. Or we hear about police having confiscated this many items of contraband. Without context,

Eco-scaremongering: natural gas is ‘extremely flammable’

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An environmental writer has got himself in a tizzy over the prospect that Eskom might contract floating, gas-fuelled ‘power ships’ to augment Eskom’s stuttering power

Stop patronising women

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Each Women’s Day, the usual suspects go on about how terrible it is that women are victims of what they term ‘gender-based’ violence. Then they

The time for secession has arrived

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South Africa is taking on water, and nobody is bailing. It’s time to choose: get in a life raft, or go down with the ship.

Covid-19 models are ‘Trojan horses for unstated interests and values’

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South Africa’s epidemiological models have proven to be wildly inaccurate. A new commentary by international modellers explains why Covid-19 models are a poor basis for

Boeta Dippenaar is correct: all lives matter

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The Black Lives Matter movement is about a lot more than its name implies. Even on the surface, however, its key premise is not supported

Booze ban: rule by diktat

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With a wave of his presidential hand, the command was given: alcohol sales will once again be banned, with immediate effect. Minutes later, the new