Mantashe is right, and the DA wrong
Last week Kevin Mileham, shadow minister of mineral resources and energy in the Democratic Alliance (DA), said his party would not support any expansion of
Austin, Texas – America’s boom town
AUSTIN, TX: Investment is pouring into Austin, the state capital and city of two million in the middle of the state. Texas is attractive to
Kindness can be dangerous in South Africa
A gentle old man I knew was murdered in his Cape Town house by a poor man because he had been kind to him. This
The salesperson’s patter and prevarication of Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa knows the art of saying what people want to hear. In Thursday’s SONA, he openly contradicted himself to please opposing interests. It
Denuding a colonial legacy that did have value
For those claiming the legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water etc.” This is the tweet which
New electoral system proposal for SA not fit for purpose
A new electoral system is on the cards for South Africa, but what has been proposed is, frankly, a mess. The new system will be
Political unwillingness for a green energy transition
With the mounting risk of environmental degradation facing the world, the need for a clean green economy has topped the priority list of reforms. The
A comprehensive failure of governance, and government
While the country digests the reports of the Zondo Commission, detailing how the carcass of the state was carved up under the so-called State Capture
Why did so few see cadre deployment disaster coming?
The level of surprise at the insidious, state-capture-enabling nature of the ANC’s cadre deployment policy, surprises me. It was entirely predictable, 25 years ago. In
The St Scholastica Day riot of 1355
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 10 February 1355 – St Scholastica Day riot From the modern vantage