According to the prevailing official narrative, little if anything is more important than ‘the land question’. Not only, the narrative suggests, will this redress grave

President Cyril Ramaphosa is fully convinced of the economic merits of a ‘buy local’ programme. So was former US president Donald Trump, and an odium

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 25th March 1655 – Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan

Last week the Ad Hoc Committee charged with drafting the expropriation without compensation (EWC) constitutional amendment bill (the Bill) invited several organisations to make oral

South Africa’s infrastructure is decaying through poor maintenance, vandalism and insufficient investment. Last week Business Leadership South Africa, which represents the biggest corporates in the

Poverty and hunger appear to be persistent problems, and many people hold capitalism in general, and neoliberalism in particular, responsible for perpetuating them. This is

This year’s Holocaust commemoration in South Africa – Yom HaShoah – will be held as a national Zoom meeting on 8th April. One of the

“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

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

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