Unacknowledged dangers in the new mining bill

The Mineral Resources Development Bill of 2025 has been roundly rejected by most commentators on the struggling mining industry. Mining analyst Peter Major says the bill lacks even “one redeeming feature to attract any investment, local or foreign”. Mining lawyer

The commission which helps keep us poor

Michael Morris and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the Competition Commission and its negative effects on investment. They also chat about the national dialogue and why its silly and lastly they discuss claims that SA’s unemployment rate is actually much lower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsYPk63DTV8

What does Grok know about murder in South Africa?

An image circulating on social media claims that at least 20 times as many people have been murdered in South Africa since 1994 than during apartheid. An interesting factoid crossed my social media feed recently: The point of the message

Iran – there is only one good way for this to end

It was clear from the start of the Israeli strikes on Iran that they had been meticulously planned (for well over a year, according to some reports). Everything from incognito operatives on the ground in Tehran to a wide range

Eternal hope and Prague Springs − Central Europe’s Mandela

“If we don't have hope, we don't have anything,” said Václav Havel, the playwright, author, dissident and politician. Considered an iconoclast, a Central European version of Nelson Mandela, Havel’s role in the birth of the modern Western-oriented Czech state has

We have a plan!

Do we want solutions or perpetual conflict?

Thanks in large part to Donald Trump, violence against farmers is back in focus. And since the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have featured prominently in this, it was to be expected that the party would push back with a narrative

Gas the Jews! Queers for Palestine

“Gas the Jews!” was chanted loudly and enthusiastically by a large crowd of demonstrators outside the Sydney Opera house on 9 October 2023. There were similar demonstrations in Western capitals around the world and at Western universities, all showing pro-Palestinian