Setting the record straighter on sex and gender – UK court ruling, Helen Zille, and Shaun de Waal
The issue of sex and gender has been in the South African news recently, as well as on social media, with various postings and articles
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Jo’burg: the DA’s Operation Market Garden?
In the closing months of the Second World War in Europe, the Allies were advancing towards Germany, but faced the formidable Siegfried Line of fortifications. British commander, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, proposed a daring plan to capture bridges over the
The totality of race law in South Africa’s economy
The following are edited remarks I delivered at the launch of the joint Free Market Foundation-Solidarity Research Institute report on the cost of so-called “broad-based black economic empowerment” policies at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, on 12 June. Thank you to everyone
Really? A national dialogue?
Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the planned "National Dialogue", pull back on BEE in mining, and score cards for ministers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDVqwTsm2VA
Privatise the SABC Entirely!
In politics, the phrase “too big to fail” often just means “too interconnected to be allowed to fail”. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is one such beast deemed to be too big to fail. Since 2009, the SABC has
Trump/Musk – what if you were forced to choose?
I had many things I wanted to write about this week − stuff happening all over the place: AI, crypto, tech, energy, Ukraine, the Middle East, China, media, entertainment. I had already published a piece on the Musk/Trump skirmish, but
The BEE scam: Where are the jobs?
Marius Roodt and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the op-eds by Adriaan Basson and Mat Cuthbert on BEE. They also chat about a fire in Jo'burg and the ATM changing leaders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Qjoz0t9s8
Hard lessons from DOGE’s failure
In principle, a Department of Government Efficiency sounds like a great idea. In practice, it isn’t so simple. When Donald Trump appointed former first buddy Elon Musk to head up a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), observers of a classically
The ConCourt refused leave to appeal "Kill the boer" – was this wrong?
On 27 March 2025 the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruled against AfriForum in an application for leave to appeal against a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) which found that the singing of the song "Dubula ibhunu" or "Kill