The fall and fall of the BBC
Last week the BBC was more animated than at any time I can remember. Not just BBC News Africa, but home base too – actually
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The Constitution is a race law and the ConCourt makes race laws
One of the common criticisms “of” (a strawman of) the Index of Race Law is that most if not all of the post-1994 race laws it records are constitutional and must therefore not be recorded. This puzzling submission was repeated
Suggested memo from POTUS to PROSA
The brambles of fact-checking, the recriminations from the commentariat, the revealed misconceptions in Washington and the need for a reset of relations between South Africa and the US all suggest that constructive communication is now vital. What if Donald Trump
These critical steps are needed
Dear Editor In light of the budget tussle and debates on transformation vs growth strategies, the following comes to mind. Firstly, Starlink should reject any special treatment, even though it is cloaked under an IT sector dispensation. This is just
SA’s diplomatic crossroads: prioritising domestic crises over geopolitical litigation
The recent diplomatic confrontation between US President Donald Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa has exposed the precarious balance between domestic imperatives and international legal activism. Ramaphosa’s goal was to reset the strained trade relations with the United States. Trump went
Ramaphosa triples down on race thought
Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss answers on race categorization and BEE that President Ramaphosa gave in parliament to questions from MPs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Q9HdDJo-8
Ramaphosa and Trump: The consequences
President Donald Trump may yet fundamentally change South African politics. He has drawn our attention and that of the world to the very high crime rate and the prospect of land seizures. And his close friend, Elon Musk, just might
Trump sacrifices advanced economy to defeat wokism
While the rest of the world eyes dominance in the fourth industrial revolution, Donald Trump is turning America’s clock back in an attempt to defeat woke ideology. Trump has a bone to pick with Harvard University, but Harvard isn’t having
Flooding the zone – Google's response to the threat of obsolescence
More than a year ago, I mentioned in an article that I had stopped using Google Search entirely. I had switched to a then little-known AI chatbot called Perplexity. It was easier to use and more relevant in its responses.