
Cadre deployment the ‘original state capture’
- By semantica-admin
- . Jul 19, 2019
Municipalities were meant to be the lynchpin of the ruling party’s plans for the country, but they are often the very exemplar of what is

The NDR nature of the ‘new dawn’
- By semantica-admin
- . Jul 18, 2019
If the National Democratic Revolution is to be defeated, South Africa’s moderate majority must stand together in resisting its interventions. Business is becoming impatient with

A waiting country
- By Michael Morris
- . Jul 17, 2019
After 25 years in power, and the costs of its flawed policy mounting, the African National Congress (ANC) is unmistakably at the centre of South

Ramaphosa’s unreason
- By semantica-admin
- . Jul 16, 2019
If you think what the president says makes no sense, it probably doesn’t. Political articles currently have the same thread running through them irrespective of

An ‘entrepreneurial state’ hostile to entrepreneurs
- By semantica-admin
- . Jul 15, 2019
Latest forecasts for growth over the next few years average around 1.6%. This takes us back to the 1980s – the worst decade since unification

The problem with foreigners
- By semantica-admin
- . Jul 14, 2019
My free market instincts favour free movement of all people everywhere, but I know this is impractical, and indeed destructive. So, I’d just advocate intelligent,

What is an African?
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jul 13, 2019
‘It’s my home, it’s where I live, it’s where I belong; I didn’t choose to be here, I was born. I might seem out of

Mayor Pete, my man – until he stumbled
- By Gabriel Crouse
- . Jul 13, 2019
I thought Pete Buttigieg was the perfect candidate to counter Donald Trump … and then he abandoned principle in pursuit of the ‘black vote’. The

Go and see for yourself
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jul 12, 2019
Complacency is not an option – the seriousness of the threat posed by expropriation without compensation (EWC) must be faced squarely. The Institute of Race

School vouchers for choice, competition, and (finally) a genuine ‘skills revolution’
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Jul 11, 2019
Faster growth, higher productivity, increased output, and more innovation can only come with urgent improvements to South Africa’s schooling system. South Africa needs a genuine