
The toxic lure of enclaves and anti-immigrationism
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 4, 2025
Ethnic nationalists who wish to retreat to minority enclaves and oppose immigration are misinformed and rather delusional. “What will it take for minorities to stand

Not much to cry over
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Jul 4, 2025
On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang convened a press conference. She looked buggered, hungover and depressed. She didn’t break out into

Reject the “we only had two weeks to negotiate a GNU” meme
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jul 3, 2025
It is still early days in South Africa’s era of coalition politics, with the risk, and the scale, of (unintentional) misinformation and (deliberate) disinformation about

How should the DA fight its corner?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 2, 2025
The ANC has not adapted to the reality of its failure to achieve a majority from the voters last year. That alone accounts for much

Tesla’s Robotaxi launch – last chance saloon?
- By Steven Boykey Sidley
- . Jul 2, 2025
“To say that Tesla’s future is dependent on robotaxis is a bit of an understatement. Tesla has to completely decimate this industry or be left

The socialist flaws in the Freedom Charter
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 1, 2025
Last week was the 70th anniversary of the Freedom Charter, a seminal document in the history of South Africa’s liberation from apartheid. On 26 June

Appearance versus reality – the problem with modern leadership
- By Greg Mills
- . Jul 1, 2025
This past week NATO chief Mark Rutte referred to President Donald Trump as ‘daddy’ as he praised the US president for his role in achieving

Putting “public service” in the public service
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 30, 2025
Governments may come and go, but the state over which they preside will endure. In a democracy, its staff and institutions will faithfully carry out

GNU without results
- By Reuben Coetzer
- . Jun 30, 2025
In his book Common Sense, Thomas Paine famously wrote that “(i)t is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies”. Paine clearly

Hate, peace, and the bomb
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Jun 29, 2025
I am as confused as everybody else about events in Iran – not only confused about what’s going on but whether I approve of it