Employment or EWC – what do ordinary South Africans want?

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A fortnight ago the Ad Hoc Committee responsible for drafting the expropriation-without-compensation (EWC) constitutional amendment bill (the Bill) claimed that a burning land hunger among

Cabo Delgado: Consequences of a failing state

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More than a week after last month’s attack on Palma, the Mozambican authorities claimed to be in control of the town. There is still no

In defence of Dr Mercola

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The following is a response to Ivo Vegter’s piece on Dr Mercola, Don’t cite Mercola at me, ever! “Everything we Hear is an Opinion and

Scaremongering about oil and gas drilling

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Ominous warnings written by environmental activists are designed to whip up public opposition to oil and gas production off the South African coast. We should

The real problem is not Adam Habib, but the SOAS trustees

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Weird place, the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). To investigate Adam Habib and all the ‘pain’ he caused, as well

Will banks throw clients under the EWC bus?

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As the Expropriation Bill comes ever closer to being signed into law, the ‘land debate’ has come down to earth, descending from the heights of

In desperation, use powerships

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South Africa is so desperate for reliable electricity that last year the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy invited bids from power companies worldwide to

It does not need to be like this

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A year ago, as we entered the second week of the hard lockdown that heralded a year of difficulty, anger, fear, risk and mounting insecurity,

‘Cancel culture’ in the time of Nicolae Ceausescu

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On 14 March I rented a car at the Intercontinental Hotel in central Bucharest and set off for Calarasi, a municipality of roughly 50 000 in