

A white president is inconceivable – or is it?
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 12, 2025
Recently, against the background of a coalition government and with the Democratic Alliance polling on a level with the ANC, there has been some tentative

Invite Zelenskyy: how SA could use G20 for peaceful ends
- By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
- . May 12, 2025
South Africa’s one-step forward (hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy), two steps backward (sending Defence Minister Angie Motshekga to Moscow’s 9 May victory parade) attempt to

Implications of a weakened ANC
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . May 12, 2025
The decline of the ANC is so central to the evolution of SA’s political economy that we need to freshly assess what has changed and

Renewable energy blacks out Spain
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 11, 2025
On Wednesday 16 April, Spain’s electricity grid for the first time ran entirely on “renewable energy” (wind, solar and hydro). Five days later, solar power

When unsolicited help goes awry
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 10, 2025
The blunders from the Trump Administration just keep coming. At least they serve as cautionary tales for other would-be economic autocrats. “I’m not looking to

Consenting adults and incongruent realities
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 9, 2025
There’s a lively story circulating Westminster involving groups allegedly attached to the Liberal Democrats, the UK’s third-largest political party. In some Home Counties there are

How about some chill from government for MacG
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . May 8, 2025
Macgyver Mukwevho, better known as “MacG”, the country’s biggest podcaster, has managed to kick up a good old-fashioned cancel mob. Normally I wouldn’t feel the

If you aren’t against “transformation”, you should be
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 8, 2025
You’re against the Patriot Act? What, you aren’t a patriot? You’re against Bantu education? What, don’t you believe members of Bantu ethnicities are entitled to

The battle over race quotas
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 7, 2025
Within a month after its legal victory overturning the VAT hike, the DA was back in court yesterday to challenge racial quotas for hiring by

Are you sure your new friend is really human?
- By Steven Boykey Sidley
- . May 7, 2025
Recently I have been giving a lecture titled “We’re All Gonna Die: Unpacking the Dystopian/Utopian Narratives Around AI”. The title is meant to be taken