John Kane-Berman
John Kane-Berman, a graduate of Wits and Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar), is a former CEO of the IRR. Prior to that he spent ten years in journalism, where he was senior assistant editor of the Financial Mail and South African correspondent for numerous foreign papers. He is the author of several books on South African politics, and has also published his memoirs.
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DA energy policy is politically correct but economically irrational
It is reassuring to know that Kevin Mileham, shadow minister of mineral resources and energy in the Democratic Alliance (DA), is not opposed to extending
Much ado about nothing all over again
Spot the difference. Statement 1. There is no doubt that market-based employment is the most sustainable form of job creation. South Africa needs a thriving
Mantashe is right, and the DA wrong
Last week Kevin Mileham, shadow minister of mineral resources and energy in the Democratic Alliance (DA), said his party would not support any expansion of
Sisulu reveals the false promise of socio-economic “rights”
When South Africa’s final constitution was up for certification by the Constitutional Court in 1996, the South African Institute of Race Relations warned against the
Ukraine: the country they loathe, fear, and covet
Among the things the tsars, the Bolsheviks, and Vladimir Putin have in common is antipathy to the notion of an independent Ukraine. Until it declared
Tutu’s Truth Commission was fundamentally flawed
Chaired by Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was hailed both in this country and around the world. But its methodology was flawed,
How other Europeans helped the Nazis
Thursday this week, 20th January, is the 80th anniversary of the conference at Wannsee in Berlin where Nazi bosses decided on further steps towards bringing
Jews determined to return to Nazi Germany – the story of X Troop
Manfred Gans caused consternation when he used his Bar Mitzvah speech in April 1935 in a small town in Germany to denounce the Nazis. He
The injustice of “climate justice”
Lots of people have voiced outrage at the travel ban against this country imposed by the British and other governments after South Africans sounded the
Cheap talk about expensive cars
Several weeks ago Tesla Inc, the electric car manufacturer founded and run by Elon Musk, reached a stock market capitalisation of more than a trillion