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SA’s crisis management disposition

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If confronted by a perilous crisis, would we come together as a nation to objectively assess the situation and then design and execute an effective

US election prioritised economics over identity politics

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US Vice President Harris presumed that, as positive GDP, inflation and stock market trends reflected broadly improving living standards, she could become president by exploiting

Nobel Prize for exploring colonisation’s ongoing impact 

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As some movies are designed as “Oscar bait” and news organisations commission articles in pursuit of Pulitzer Prizes, the work that inspired this year’s Nobel

Inequality can increase or reduce poverty

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Having the world’s highest inequality and youth unemployment is not a coincidence. Efforts to maximise reliance on the state have benefited the politically connected while

Woke versus productive

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Can our government of national unity (GNU) − and the ANC internally − overcome our woke politics? Defining wokeism is complicated by its fundamental incoherence.

Creating a dynamic economy

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If we don’t integrate our young adults into global supply chains, South Africa’s potential will remain largely unemployed. Peter Drucker, the legendary management guru, is

How neglect risks South Africa’s free speech

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It is easy to make the case that free speech is under threat in some leading democracies, particularly the UK. Our free speech risks being

GDP growth can’t remedy SA’s jobs crisis

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There are no realistic scenarios in which our domestic economy can sustain adequate employment growth. It seems reasonable to presume that the way to increase

Venezuela’s relevance to SA

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When only 80% of the ballots had been counted, Nicolás Maduro declared that he had been reelected as Venezuela’s president with 51.2% of the vote. 

The Wokeness retreat – tactical or inevitable?

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Although we may never know why Thomas Crooks tried to kill Donald Trump, his failed attempt has further wounded a freshly hobbled woke movement. Easily