US baby formula shortage: whose fault is it anyway?
Biden cabinet member Pete Buttigieg says that the free market is to blame for the critical baby formula shortage in the US. The socialist Jacobin
The Climate Change Bill is a monstrous absurdity
Even by the standards of the African National Congress (ANC), the 2022 Climate Change Bill is an absurdity. For starters it subverts the efforts of
Blacks cannot suffer unless whites make them suffer
Last week saw a spectacular example of that most profound racism, the belief that black suffering means nothing unless whites cause it. Whites are all
In Central Europe: Fear amid unwavering support for Ukraine
During a just completed three-week assignment in Prague, I found both overwhelming support for Ukrainian resistance, and fear that the war could escalate. Blue-and-yellow Ukrainian
The ‘Despot’s Democracy’ and ‘Mr Putin’
Whatever the reasons, South Africa increasingly requires a new foreign policy category: the rogue democracy. Along with China and Russia, South Africa makes the United
Fiddling while Rome burns
The scandal over a proposed R22 million monumental flag illustrates once more that our governing class keeps itself occupied with vanity projects instead of concentrating on
Localisation? For what?
Continued rolling blackouts – at the time of writing, Eskom had resorted to Stage 4 (of 8?) – renewed strike action, and the continued decline
The mind of Elon Musk
For some reason the woke have a deep dislike of Elon Musk. The reason might well be that, for the woke, Musk’s attachment to free
The ANC’s ideology rewards kleptocracy
People don’t join the ANC because they want to serve the people. They join the ANC to get rich. This is the natural outcome of
On another level: the dangers in Gender Theory
We have written numerous articles about the implementation of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools in South Africa. CRT is one consequence of the current