COP 26 and beyond: Is China playing the West for fools?
Nearly 30 years have elapsed since the first big climate change conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. During that time the proportion of global
BIG programmes follow from elitism
The marginalisation of most of our young adults is neither economically viable nor morally defensible. It reflects two forms of elitism. The same evidence which
Electric shocks on eve of election
“Take the knee!” and “No electricity, no vote!” have been the headline slogans on the eve of the local elections tomorrow. I’ll deal with the
Letter to the ANC … from its friends at the IRR
As it fights for its political survival, the odds in favour of the ANC were not aided this week as the lights went out across
Settling for powerlessness
The sentiments and the solidarity may be genuine enough, but if that’s as far as it goes, it’s not nearly enough. I wrote these words
Will the ANC ever grow up?
I recently spent a weekend away with some university friends. We were all together in one of the residences of the erstwhile Rand Afrikaans University
Multi-billion rand baby murders on a global scale
“Many mothers are told their babies have died. This trafficking has been found goes from Gauteng, to Mpumalanga, West Africa, Europe and the US. “Fifty
Polling and politics
There is something quintessentially South African about how the controversy over a talk show host’s exchange with one of his guests has come to be
In defence of Nando’s
Nando’s has only one raison d’être: to make a profit. When supporting Gareth Cliff’s Burning Platform show threatens to reduce the volume of peri-peri chicken
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 24th October 1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the