Eskom’s tariffs – South Africa’s political time bomb
When President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Soweto last year to campaign in the local government elections, there were serious protests. Some residents said they were protesting
Information wants to, but cannot, be free
Much bad information is free. Much good information costs money. Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief of the left-wing magazine, Current Affairs, proposes solving this problem by
Sweeping school drop-out rates under the rug
Although the matric results of 2021 show that the overwhelming majority of learners have passed, the figures conceal a low pupil retention rate. The final
Tutu’s Truth Commission was fundamentally flawed
Chaired by Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was hailed both in this country and around the world. But its methodology was flawed,
Why SA ignores today’s prosperity-inducing free lunch
Few societies have ever been able to fund abundant imports through extracting below-ground riches. Such geological free lunches have recently given way to today’s prosperity-inducing
Fear not US inflation – the Powell Fed is coming to the rescue
In October 1979 Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, only two months into the job, stopped in Hamburg en route to the International Monetary Fund meeting
My racist relative
This is a shocking story about a racist cousin of mine. I was reminded of it in this age of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and
Legal systems that protect life, liberty and property under attack
On 6th January 2022 Richard Littlejohn of the UK’s Daily Mail wrote: “The acquittal of four statue-topplers in Bristol this week is further evidence of
Risks – and opportunities – for SA in 2022
What does 2022 hold for South Africa? We continue to consider the country to be in an exceptionally fragile state both politically and economically. South
Editor skewered by Zondo
And whose name was on Rampedi’s copy? Who was the origin of the abbreviated version he received? It was Tom Moyane himself. That was confirmed