Matters of national security
Terence Corrigan and Makone Maja discuss Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s briefing to the media about a coup d’eta being a possible risk to the country; the
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The pitfalls of age verification online
Many countries have, or will soon, enact some sort of age verification requirement online. Doing so is a privacy nightmare, however. A growing number of countries are implementing age verification requirements on at least some internet content. The requirements vary
Theatre of Inquiry
Due to a potential lack of enough talking at the National Dialogue, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the creation of yet another commission of inquiry. It has become a familiar thing in South Africa. As a political scandal drops, public
The FLEE Principle for Parents and Politicians
Providing freedom, love, education and example to their children is a fundamental requirement of good parenthood, and the state has a responsibility to enable parents to raise children into adulthood in a stable, healthy, progressive and productive political and socio-economic
Ramaphosa opens Pandora’s Box
Dr John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the announcement by the president of a commission of enquiry into the police. They also discuss the shocking contrast between the national dialogue and the real economic position of millions of South Africans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-g3Yxye-lE
South Africa, for good reason, has lost the ability to trust
Like many of us, I suspect, I watched the media conference by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi with a grim fascination. Here we had a senior police officer taking the podium to denounce the contamination by organised crime
Why SA badly needs a new centre-left party
At first glance South Africa’s politics don’t really look that interesting. A country with a racially segregated past elects a radical far-left[1] party (the ANC) to enact radical economic policies which aim to redistribute the wealth of the former elite
Lesotho’s declaration of a self-inflicted disaster
Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster over “high rates of youth unemployment and job losses”. This measure in the landlocked southern African kingdom is likely to be in force until 30 June 2027. The immediate government justification is