Expropriation without compensation is still very much on the agenda
The Land Panel’s acknowledgement that demand for land is not ‘self-evident’ – but that citizens should be ‘encouraged and supported to articulate their land demands’
Getting it wrong
Be sceptical of analysts at all times, and weigh what they say against how things actually turn out. The chief economist of one of South
The silly tragedy of Penny Sparrow
Why did we attach such enormous importance to the commonplace racism of a commonplace woman who died last week? Sparrow’s life and death were marked
Because you think I’m right?
My advice to columnists who bandy the term ‘right-wing’ around should take care not to attach labels to people they know nothing about. I must
SA’s middle class taking strain
Key indicators reveal the impact of South Africa’s economic crisis on the middle class. Trying to define who makes up the middle class has always
What the land reform report really means
It is quite conceivable that after the start of a large-scale programme of seizures, the resultant administrative bottlenecks would produce an ideal pretext for nationalisation
Expropriation űber alles
Eroding property rights will put South Africa on the path to a Zimbabwe-type economic implosion, with devastating consequences. The report of the Presidential Advisory Panel
Zille and the IRR: a shared resolve
South Africans’ opinions, ambitions and hopes cannot be defined by the accidental marker of skin colour – and cannot be matched in policy if they
Boris and Donald: two peas in radically different pods
Whereas British prime ministers can be unseated at a moment’s notice by simple majority vote, American presidents face no such threat. Boris Johnson became prime
UCT closes down ideas
There was a time when you were allowed to be exposed to ideas you didn’t agree with. If you want to understand how much the