The ANC is facing electoral oblivion

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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

A rollercoaster of vindication for the IRR’s Index of Race Law

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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

The ANC-EFF’s relentless assault on Pretoria High School for Girls continues

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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

Hitting bottom as a spark for change?

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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.

Stamped out: the case for letting go of the SAPO

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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.

Retaliatory tariffs are bad policy

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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

Perceptions of race

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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

Dismantling is easy, but rebuilding is hard: Trump doesn’t have the time

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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,

Balancing the books and rebalancing the (political) economy

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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.

SA and US isolationism

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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