This is the fifth and final article in a series on the topic of federalism in South Africa, past, present, and future. Each article may

The instruction by South Africa’s cricket authorities that national team players must kneel in homage to the Black Lives Matter movement presents a useful opportunity

‘The soft bigotry of low expectations’ is a phrase that generally intends to mean the practice of expecting less from members of a disadvantaged group

The ANC does extraordinarily well at the polls in the face of poor delivery, growing unemployment, and urban decay. Towns run by the party are

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has released a statement confirming that the organisation’s board had decided unanimously that all Proteas players should take a knee in support of

‘Society is sophisticated enough to hold both Lungi Ngidi and Quinton de Kock as role models for standing up for what they believe in and

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is beset with perception problems, some of them false, and most of them of its own making. Despite this, a local

The IRR believes that this is one of those moments when, with a small apology to this week’s Spectator, ‘you need to be blunt and

‘Three billion people in the world today use less electricity than what’s used in my kitchen refrigerator.’  These were the words of Robert Bryce in

Two weeks ago, I had to drive to KwaZulu-Natal. I have fond memories of that route: it runs through Mpumalanga, which is a beautiful corner