

The fig leaf of DEI
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . Feb 7, 2025
Before an idea qualifies as bad, it has to pass through a series of tests, but Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, bunked those exams

2+2=5? Don’t “panic” about EWC – but don’t be misled either
- By Martin van Staden
- . Feb 6, 2025
A chorus of voices from the mainstream media, certain business groups, the ANC-controlled GNU, and even the DA, have told the public, “Relax – everything

Old certainties are crumbling fast
- By Marius Roodt
- . Feb 6, 2025
The world seems to be a chaotic place at the moment. President Donald Trump has wasted little time in upending much of what the world

To “Make America Great Again” Trump will dole out aid
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Feb 5, 2025
It is not only South Africa that is threatened with a cut-off in US aid. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump accused SA of, “confiscating

Trump: a very stupid trade war
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 4, 2025
Whether through sheer ignorance, or malevolent intent, Trump is causing chaos, alienating allies and enemies alike, and hurting ordinary Americans. According to some readers, I

Turning the page
- By Michael Morris
- . Feb 4, 2025
Adam Hochschild, best known perhaps for his 1998 book on Congo’s colonial catastrophe, King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial

For a good law, get the facts right first
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Feb 3, 2025
I experienced some profound instances of déjà vu over the past week or so. When I returned to the Institute of Race Relations in 2018,

SA’s troubling immunity to Trump tariffs
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Feb 3, 2025
Donald Trump’s capacity to threaten SA with tariffs has been greatly undermined by BEE and localisation policies. Trump’s tariff threats are similar to OPEC restricting

Challenging the racism/colonialism narrative (1899-2025) – Part 3
- By Colin Bower
- . Feb 3, 2025
This not a revisionist history, nor is it a work of scholarship; it is a brief polemic. It intends no exculpation for wrong-doing and it

The most dangerous man in the world
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Feb 2, 2025
Thirteen South Africans were killed last month by the most dangerous man in the world. Paul Kagame, the racist dictator of the super-apartheid state, Rwanda,