Simon Lincoln Reader
Simon Lincoln Reader grew up in Cape Town before moving to Johannesburg in 2001, where he was an energy entrepreneur until 2014. In South Africa, he wrote a weekly column for Business Day, then later Biznews.com. Today he is a partner at a London-based litigation funder, a trustee of an educational charity, and a member of the advisory board of the Free Speech Union of South Africa. He travels frequently between California, the UK, and South Africa. All on his green passport.
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As the shout for monumental change gets louder …
In November 2023 The Guardian newspaper suffered a seizure. The cause wasn’t Donald Trump, it was Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei. The newspaper wasn’t in
The wanker apocalypse
I’m not usually one for people’s bedrooms, but a feature of Britain’s Online Safety Act (OSA) kicks in today, meaning that mandatory age verification is
The Great South African Scam
The best way to deal with scammers is to torture them emotionally. When a message lands in my social media inbox from an “Angel Hernandez”
Like a man walking in on a toileting lady …
Bidvest is exposed as discriminating against impoverished white toddlers, so Solidarity’s Chief Executive, Dirk Hermann, writes them a letter. Bidvest then responds not through its
Not much to cry over
On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang convened a press conference. She looked buggered, hungover and depressed. She didn’t break out into
Hell hath no fury like a scorned Democrat
Three weeks ago I met US Senator Bernie Sanders in London. He was on publicity rounds for his new book, meeting with a few crusty
Bagehot, Ms. Blue and the rape-gang audit: a bad week for the UK
In July 2023 England hosted the Australian cricket team at Lords, and a moment of curious sportsmanship on the field led to a confrontation off
National Dialogue? Not with these people
I have rules I apply whenever I see an “eminent persons list”. I take the names and assess whether any of them would either lead
No audible gasps … just laughter
You can’t keep complaining about the policing of expression without acknowledging victories, however far or under-emphasised. On the weekend in Los Angeles, Ricky Gervais was
The fall and fall of the BBC
Last week the BBC was more animated than at any time I can remember. Not just BBC News Africa, but home base too – actually