You voted for expensive electricity. So pay up

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In the undemocratic era of apartheid, Eskom produced the world’s cheapest electricity, providing plentiful, reliable electricity for households, commerce and industry, and giving us many

Debunking a libel: Israel is not a colonial-settler project

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To try to explain the history of the Israel/Palestinian conflict is extremely difficult. It’s long, complicated and replete with decades of propaganda aimed at delegitimising

Rethinking SA’s history curriculum: An open letter to Minister Siviwe Gwarube

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Dear Minister Siviwe Gwarube, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to you with a deep and sincere concern regarding the way

How South Africa is being destroyed by envy

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Envy is a quiet but powerful force. It whispers, “If I cannot have what they have, neither should they.” It hides in the shadows of

Government took the foreign-owned spaza shop bait

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Food at spaza shops is likely being poisoned. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response is exactly what would-be poisoners would have wanted. Today is the deadline for

Is Western civilisation “back”?

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With so much emphasis on the profound insights of local transgender activist Max du Preez (“bigot”) toward the end of last week, you may have

Hitler-as-victim and free speech absolutism

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Free expression is an incredibly important part of the edifice of liberty. Offensive or repugnant expression must be unambiguously tolerated. But “free speech absolutism” is

The coming showdown over racial quotas: To defy or comply

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For the ANC, the key metric of how well the party is doing and the progress it is making towards its nirvana of the National

Can the GNU defeat the NDR?

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In the 30 years since 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies in the South African Communist Party (SACP), the Congress of South

Should medicines be advertised to consumers?

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RFK Jr. wants to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicine in the US. Most countries, including South Africa, do ban it. Should they? In addition