The long-term trends are not looking good for the African National Congress (ANC). The party has been finding it difficult to adjust from ruling in

The past few weeks have seen a wave of critical commentary targeting the IRR’s Index of Race Law, an initiative I have had the privilege

Last week, on Tuesday 25 March 2025, a cavalcade of blue-light vehicles swept into the parking lot at Pretoria High School for Girls. The cars

Our economy is in a deep slump. We are getting poorer, with our economic growth rate consistently below the rate of increase in our population.

In South Africa, policy reform often arrives like a postmarked letter from the past—late, smudged, and slightly irrelevant by the time it reaches its destination.

We all like to hear fighting words from the targets of Trump’s tariffs, but counter-tariffs only make a bad situation worse. Lately, we’ve had a

The issue of race rears its head at every available opportunity, and yet in many (most?) cases it is used as a means of identifying

Writer and political commentator Rian Malan and I have had daily email arguments about politics for many years, particularly US politics. We disagree on much,

It’s been in the works for years, and the subject of numerous warnings, but it’s here. South Africa has reached its long foretold fiscal crisis.

Few Americans have passports, overseas trading is a small portion of their economy, and US culture is inward facing. Perhaps such isolation encourages Americans to