The jewel in the crown of SA’s industrial policy is a lump of coal
The motor industry bleats pitifully at new trade and industry minister Parks Tau. The government teat is not providing enough milk, the piglets cry. Frequently
Competition – the backbone of economic freedom
Many of South Africa’s problems can be laid at the foot of our state-owned entities (SOEs). Over the past ten years, the South African Government
Mboweni was memorable – and that’s no small thing
I really hadn’t given much thought to Tito Mboweni since he left office in 2021. His death last week, at the relatively young age of
Well-meaning unemployment and starvation
According to everyone who knew him, Tito Mboweni, who died this month, was a lovely man. He was cheerful, friendly, humble and thoroughly decent. A
Reinforcing SA’s growth through infrastructure
Moments before ringing the bell at the London Stock Exchange on a recent working visit to the UK, Deputy President Paul Mashatile exhorted his audience:
Of liquor and liberty: the trend towards paternalism
Hot on the heels of reintroducing the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, government has set its sights on liquor. The Liquor Amendment
Five things about food we know that just ain’t so
Should you avoid GMOs? Should you limit your egg consumption? Should you drink dairy milk or plant “milks”? Should infants eat peanut-based foods? What we
Mbeki kicks the hornet’s nest
Thabo Mbeki has upset a bunch of white people and I pity him because I’ve seen what happens when a distinguished black man confronts the
‘Muscular’ and ‘Constructive’ liberalism
Free Market Foundation Head of Policy Martin van Staden writes recently that, “one hopes that the muscular liberals will gain the advantage in this particular
Should Tshwane cast a shadow over the GNU?
There has been much concern in some quarters around the voting out of Cilliers Brink as the mayor of Tshwane and what this means for