Reform in ANC comes at a cost
Amid the flurry of attention paid to the suspension of Ace Magashule and the supposed consolidation of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s power over the ANC, an
How to build a Trabant
Small business development minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni wants to enforce ‘local content’ in manufacturing by prohibiting the import of entire categories of products. That’s how you
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 10th May 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli
Covid-19: Wuhan and the lab-leak hypothesis
For much of the past year anyone who considered the possibility that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, originated in a Chinese lab was accused
Three proposed changes to the EWC constitutional amendment bill
The draft constitutional amendment bill (the Bill) allowing land expropriation without compensation (EWC) is already damaging enough to make South Africa largely uninvestable. The Ad
The Basic Income Grant: Rushing onto treacherous ground
The economic hardship from Covid-19 lockdowns has boosted campaigns across the world for basic income grants from governments. With growing concerns about poverty and
Vandalism is still a crime even if it’s popular
Lord Peter Hain has made an extraordinary appeal to stop prosecuting Extinction Rebellion vandals, on the basis that a perverse jury verdict in a recent
Joe Biden forced to backtrack on his racism allegations
Last month Tony Sewell, black chairman of a commission which challenged the view that the United Kingdom (UK) was a racist country, was vilified as
Exploiting race keeps apartheid-era injustice on life support
Thuli Madonsela began her Nadine Gordimer Lecture at Wits University this week by dwelling on the difference between justice for everyone and, as she put
The canned lion and the octopus teacher
Two killers prowl the trees of my garden near Fish Hoek in Cape Town, two predatory animals hunting for prey, without which they would starve.