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Rasool not the man for the job

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Ebrahim Rasool is one of those politicians with the best intentions and the worst outcomes. A hooker could die in his hotel room, and it

The fig leaf of DEI

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Before an idea qualifies as bad, it has to pass through a series of tests, but Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, bunked those exams

Lessons from Zimbabwe

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It’s the 5th of November 1997, and one of Robert Mugabe’s flunkies is loitering near the fax machine at the office on the corner of

The return of free speech

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If ever small hope existed that a generation of South African reporters, raised on despair and bias as we slept, would one day afford themselves

Into the depths of a fiery hell – DEI in LA

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Few places are immediately as confusing than Los Angeles, which is essentially a collection of 44 Hermanuses and 44 Hawstons, each with their own names,

The crime that broke Britain

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Britain started off 2025 being asked questions in the way that a man caught making love to a goat would be asked questions. This relates

Is Western civilisation “back”?

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With so much emphasis on the profound insights of local transgender activist Max du Preez (“bigot”) toward the end of last week, you may have

The shadow of the “Banana” republic

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The British civil servants, or mandarins, sitting around the table at Lancaster House all knew Canaan Banana was a depraved little bastard. They knew, but

Gloves off between Musk and Starmer

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Elon Musk must be terrified. Word in Downing Street is that a crack squad of diplomats and former civil servants is being assembled to travel

Bickering over Bekker

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Not content with moaning about Elon Musk (something they’re told to do by the YouTube channels belonging to US cable networks) or moaning about the