Catch ’24: Trump, DeSantis, and the future of the Grand Old Party
Is the Republican Party inching towards a post-Trump era? A recent article in The Economist looking at polling and fundraising numbers from the United States
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccines are an abomination
I speak as someone who probably owes his good health, and perhaps his life, to mandatory vaccination over sixty years ago. I say that it
Sagarmatha Technologies: From Uber equivalent to dysfunctional website
Iqbal Survé has swept together a collection of insolvent, unprofitable media-related assets and plans to list them on the JSE on Friday, following an initial
The judgment that broke Sapref’s back
Once upon a time, South Africa had four oil refineries capable of refining 508 000 barrels of oil a day. This, along with the 150 000
Teach children to respect each other for who they are, not what they look like
Just over a week ago, educationist Jonathan Jansen devoted much of his column of 10 February, ‘Read this for meaning, Institute of Race Relations’, to
Anti-racism in schools: a new religion
When I was a teacher, one of my students mentioned that his geography teacher had told his class that the textbook was wrong about the
SONA: Reality strikes, common sense still missing
“….but at the length truth will out” – William Shakespeare In late 2021, billionaire investor Rob Hersov caused a furore when he publicly declared that
Beware moral panics – they are bad for all of us
Klawer – an out-of-the-way dorp in the northern reaches of the Western Cape – has featured grimly in the news over the past two weeks.
Ramaphosa imposes economic sanctions on South Africa
By Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘buy local’ logic, the sanctions against apartheid South Africa must have been good for the economy. To satisfy special interests in the
Massacre at Glen Coe
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 13th February 1692 – Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 30 MacDonalds at Glen