Our sick obsession
Fifty-three years ago, liberal MP Helen Suzman railed against the latest amendment of apartheid’s keystone law, the Population Registration Act, warning John Vorster’s government that
Job Reservation à la 2019
An application for a job has just been published. The position being advertised is for a researcher in marketing. The contract being offered is fixed
The destructive folly of sanctions
Economic sanctions continue their wreckage. They strengthened Castro’s tyranny in Cuba, prolonged apartheid and now threaten war in Iran. Sanctions are always destructive, usually producing
Prescribed assets: fraudulent excuses for legalised theft
In a country where the bulk of business habitually acquiesces in economically destructive policies, it is gratifying to see the forthright opposition to the ruling
Climate Hysteria
The greatest folly of our age is the belief that mankind is changing the climate in a dangerous way. It has no basis in science,
Not all human rights are equal
“The Human Rights Commission is the national institution established to support constitutional democracy. It is committed to promote respect for, observance of and protection of
SABC’s failures a microcosm of SA
It’s time the government began correcting its own failures instead of expecting the rest of us to carry the cost. By the time you read
Mugabe’s death, and Zimbabwe’s dire suffering, should prompt a rethink of EWC
South Africans cannot allow a self-serving ANC elite to inflict a Zimbabwe-type disaster on the country. The death last week of former Zimbabwe president Robert
A more than native tongue
As Heritage Day approaches and we cast around for tokens of South African essences, the youngest of Africa’s indigenous languages – despite the recent remarks
Freedom means letting people choose
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi should not hold a job in government if he regards the choice to speak Afrikaans and the creation of a