Free education for all

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“Free Education for All!” cry the would-be students. Where do they want the money to come from? From the working class masses who will never

The great liberal confusion

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My moedertaal is colourful and versatile – especially when it comes to insults and swearwords. I’m convinced that rugby is largely such a popular sport

Optimistic Moves

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What a week. We moved. Talk about stress.  The upheaval took me off social media (mainly because South African providers are so hampered by bureaucracy

Free-market solutions to land reform

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If not expropriation without compensation, then what? How do South Africans finally redress the imbalances caused by apartheid?  It is a fallacy to believe the

SAtired – edition five

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Hello and welcome! This little column will present politics at its most absurd. SAtired supports freedom of speech, small government and free markets. This means we’re centrists.

So, who does own Daily Maverick?

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“The Oppenheimers have been directly responsible for the destruction of black families and black men in particular, benefiting extraordinarily from apartheid and they, too, have

EWC – a simple homeowner reflects

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As a simple homeowner, close to retirement, here are my thoughts on the impact of the policy of Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC) on my life.

Vaccine rollout: One of the great failures in democratic South Africa’s history

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That a paltry 0.3% of the population has been vaccinated as of 19 March stands as yet another milestone in the ever-growing list of calamities

An unpalatable trade-off

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There are all too often no perfect solutions to the problems that confront us, merely trade-offs that provide an imperfect way forward.  We do what

Vaccines: missed opportunities for DA and private sector

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While the private sector timidly kowtows to the ANC, and the DA government in the Western Cape rolls over at the first sign of resistance,