I, Fool – but not a Fauci

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You’re a fool. So am I. We’re serious nincompoops. And it’s only getting worse as the world gains complexity. But we don’t have to be

Is South Africa outdoing the US on race relations?

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After the guilty verdict last month, Joe Biden said of the murder of George Floyd that it revealed ‘the systemic racism that is a stain

Not always all it seems

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I often think the four most important words in any rational conversation are the ones least likely to be heard. The pressure to be right,

27 years later, it could have been worse

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“What would South Africa be like if the ANC ruled it for 27 years?” If this question had been asked in 1986, most whites (and

SAtired – edition seven

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Hello and welcome! This little fortnightly column presents news and politics at its most absurd. SAtired supports freedom of speech, small government and free markets. This means

It’s not all bad news: innovation in the private sector

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In South Africa we often spend much time analysing how much power and control the government exerts over our lives and how much havoc that

The DA: always the bridesmaid, never the bride

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On Human Rights Day a group called ‘Defend Our Democracy’ (DoD) demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court. The initiative was supported by 337 prominent individuals and

Could Japan tilt balance of forces in the Indo-Pacific?

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President Joe Biden’s very first official meeting with a foreign leader appears to have sent shockwaves through East Asia. On the 16th of April, Biden

Ramaphosa: mistakes were made

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President Cyril Ramaphosa, in the hot seat at the Zondo Commission into State Capture, deftly but disingenuously acknowledges the failures of the African National Congress

#StayWoke – whatever it is, it’s not good

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Book review: #STAYWOKE: GO BROKE Why South Africa won’t survive America’s culture wars (and what you can do about it) (Helen Zille, Amazon) Helen Zille