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Regarding the University of Cape Town: Richard Wilkinson’s response to Dr Max Price
- By Richard Wilkinson
- . May 8, 2024
On Sunday, Dr Max Price published a reply to my article entitled “The Liberation of the University of Cape Town is Underway.” He takes issue
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Using the DA’s economic policy document to challenge the ANC
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 8, 2024
At long last the Democratic Alliance (DA) has a comprehensive economic reform agenda to fight unemployment, spur small business start-ups, raise growth, and challenge the
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Big companies ditch this hopeless backwater
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 7, 2024
When even big business calls it quits on South Africa, we have to accept that the economic outlook is poor. Small businesses are fragile. They’re
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The South African taxpayer needs a break
- By Zakhele Mthembu
- . May 7, 2024
In South Africa, we are subjected to a state that provides education, healthcare, and employment for citizens. However, since a state does not generate any
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MK’s manifesto: classic populism
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 6, 2024
About a year ago, I wrote a review of a book entitled ‘In the Name of the People: How Populism is Rewiring the World’. A
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Do good policies always lose votes?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 5, 2024
Do good policies always lose votes? In an election campaign, if a political party offered clear, sound policies that have proved successful wherever they have
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How do you explain bitcoin to a Pick n Pay teller?
- By Viv Vermaak
- . May 5, 2024
Earlier this week I bought groceries at the Pick n Pay with Bitcoin. It was my first time. I felt as it must have felt
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Can federalism answer the problem of lawlessness?
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . May 4, 2024
My sister travels quite a bit around the world for her job. She recently remarked, when we were all together for a family gathering in