The DA’s position on the national minimum wage has prompted predictable outrage from the left. ‘We appreciate that the DA is being honest about how

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 29th April 1521 – Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a

In 2020, Buddy Wells, a musician and MMT-enthusiast, wrote an article that, in broad terms, argues that South Africa’s pursuit of ‘neoliberal’ free-market reforms is

Whether the ANC retains its majority or not, we are now shifting away from a period of near absolute domination by one political party.  

The Department of Home Affairs demonstrates an incompetence endemic to the national government and its culture of corruption, partisan loyalty, and centralised failure. Earlier this

Perhaps a certain amount of bitterness is to be expected, but regretting the democratic dispensation is not. This past weekend, South Africa celebrated 30 years

I was raised in Natal (as it was then), a province regarded in the context of the segregated politics of the time as different. Its

After thirty years of promising ‘a better life for all,’ ANC rule has entrenched rampant poverty and world-topping youth unemployment. If, as the lead partner

Apartheid essentially began in May 1948 when the National Party won the whites-only general election (on seats, not on total votes). It eventually set up

The Expropriation Bill of 2020 (the Bill) has been adopted by Parliament and will become law once President Cyril Ramaphosa gives his assent to it.