‘It’s the law!’ – the motto of the 21st century’s useful idiot
Superficially, society seems to have taken the historical lesson offered by the Holocaust to heart: being ordered to engage in injustice – mass extermination, in
Election 2024: An ANC-MPC coalition ‘the least worst option’
The Democratic Alliance (DA) prefers to remain silent on the possibilities of a coalition, as whatever it says tends to upset other members of the
Let’s Liberate the University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is holding online elections for its highest governance body, known as Council. Council consists of 30 members and four of
SA’s misplaced African hopes
If we were to somehow surge job creation by increasing regional exports, our neighbours would be worse off and South Africa’s gains would be short-lived.
Fixing South Africa’s democracy
On 29 May, South Africa will be faced with its seventh general election since 1994. While the 1994 election saw this country escape the dark
The high cost of the construction mafia – and how it can be faced down
In any environment, crime is a burden on business. The operative question is whether that burden is a small or large one, and whether it
Bad genocide, good genocide, boring genocide
“It should never be, and must never be, that atrocities, gross human rights violations and genocide should somehow carry less weight because of the race,
How the DA can win the 2024 national election
The 2024 election results will be chaotic. With no party in a majority, President Cyril Ramaphosa will probably call for a government of national unity
South Africa is Too Large to be a Unitary State
A country as large and as diverse as South Africa is far too large to be run by a single, central government. And insistence by
Energy expert’s irrational hostility to private nuclear deal
When Stratek Global announced a partnership to raise R9 billion in private investment Chris Yelland promptly suggested they were running a ‘pump-and-dump’ scam. When BizNews