Shawn Hagedorn

Designers of self-driving cars must transcend technical challenges while calibrating how much faith to have in other drivers. Navigating South Africa’s current threats and opportunities

Affluent European voters allowed authoritarian-led Russia to exploit their ideals and trust. This led to a war which triggered devastating sanctions. Similarly ruthless exploitation of

Illiberal Russian and Chinese leaders exploit how open societies overzealously embrace key ideals. South Africa’s dismal economic prospects reflect our elected leaders promoting ideals which

The ANC and EFF being excluded from a 2024 coalition government would be a great leap forward. Yet this will remain both unlikely and insufficient

Few societies have ever been able to fund abundant imports through extracting below-ground riches. Such geological free lunches have recently given way to today’s prosperity-inducing

Over-prioritising redistribution entrenches poverty. This legitimises racial discrimination which stokes sufficient polarisation to cripple accountability. The pandemic has tested many organisations, with most failing to

Digital technologies are accelerating the globalisation of services. Is this the area where investors can best spur growth and jobs in SA? Our policies reflect

The interests of the ANC’s top leaders and those in line to succeed them now diverge sharply. This should make political and economic reforms less

How should South Africans interpret Elon Musk suggesting he would give the UN six billion dollars if it knew how to end poverty? A best-case

The marginalisation of most of our young adults is neither economically viable nor morally defensible. It reflects two forms of elitism.  The same evidence which