John Kane-Berman

One of the most useful spin-offs of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture (the Zondo Commission) has been all the publicity

South Africa’s tragically high unemployment has frequently been described as a “ticking time bomb”. To what extent unemployment contributed to the violence in July in Kwazulu-Natal

Brett Herron, secretary-general of the GOOD party, recently wrote an article for Daily Maverick which that publication headlined ‘South Africa’s shocking jobless figures make a

The American abandonment of Afghanistan has prompted speculation that the United States (US), humiliated once again by an Asian nation, will now retreat into isolationism.

A recent article in Daily Maverick carried the headline ‘the battle for the soul of the South African Institute of Race Relations’ (IRR). The casus

How nice to be able for a change to praise a minister in the South African government. But Barbara Creecy is absolutely correct in demanding

Last week’s column on ‘How to fix the country’ stated up front that Cyril Ramaphosa would probably do very little to halt South Africa’s downward

One of the most likely outcomes of last month’s devastating violence is that Cyril Ramaphosa does very little to halt the country’s downward slide. But

After the ruin, disgrace, and misery of the recent anarchy, South Africans are witnessing something inspiring as shopping malls are rebuilt, shelves restocked, security enhanced,

In his speech on Monday last week (12 July), Cyril Ramaphosa reminded us twice that he was commander-in-chief of the defence force. But by the