

Storm forecast: Winde, with brighter prospects
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Oct 1, 2019
The Honourable Mmusi Maimane should resign as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA). The DA is still reeling from its worst political performance in the

The Treasury’s growth plan deserves more support than it is getting
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Sep 30, 2019
A month has passed since the National Treasury published its “economic strategy” proposals. Some 700 submissions about them have evidently been made. Regrettably, however, the

Modern Madness
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Sep 29, 2019
I was keen to get hold of a copy of Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds as soon as I read a bad review about

Trade unions resist democracy
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Sep 29, 2019
Nothing reveals more clearly the destructive motives of many South Africa trade unions than their furious opposition to the law passed this month making compulsory
Greta, the children’s crusader
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Sep 28, 2019
In the early spring of 1212 crusading fever was sweeping Europe. Many speculated (as they always did) that the return of Christ was imminent and
State land ownership to ‘break the power of white capital’, not provide redress
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Sep 27, 2019
Land redistribution of the kind envisaged by the ANC and its SACP ally will empower the state, not provide redress for past land injustices. Speaking
Greta, there’s more to it than that
- By Sara Gon
- . Sep 26, 2019
According to Wikipedia, Greta Thunberg first heard about climate change when she was 8 years old, and couldn’t understand why so little was being done

The Mob Rules!
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Sep 25, 2019
High levels of unemployment, crime and corruption have pushed many South Africans over the edge, as the government time and time again fails to meet