
NHI’s Crisp commands: ‘pervasive distrust has to stop’
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Nov 28, 2023
Why on earth would South Africans reflexively distrust the idea of nationalising and centralising healthcare? The Financial Mail recently reported (paywalled article) that cardiologists at

Call it what it is: Squandering
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Nov 27, 2023
For South Africa to escape from its current malaise, it will need growth of 5.4% per annum for a sustained period. This was the judgement

Promoting war
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Nov 27, 2023
Deterrence is as old as aggression. What has changed is that many people, particularly progressives, want to rely on condemnations to promote peace. Such indulging

A proven recipe for economic growth
- By Barry D. Wood
- . Nov 26, 2023
Back in 1989, a few months before the Berlin Wall came down, economist John Williamson outlined what he thought was an agreed-upon formula for economic

Sasol cringes before the green imperialists
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Nov 26, 2023
The break-up of the SASOL AGM last week by green activists demonstrates three things: that big corporations such as Sasol are cringing political cowards; that

The woke witch-hunt at St Mary’s Waverley
- By Richard Wilkinson
- . Nov 25, 2023
In August of this year, I published an essay in which I raised concerns about Roedean’s new ‘anti-discrimination’ policy. I explained that the document was

Black South Africans were unified by white colonisation
- By Tiego Thotse
- . Nov 25, 2023
It might be crucial to note right away that there is a significant distinction between what is fact and what is uncomfortable to hear. What

Nick Cave has issues with ChatGPT
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Nov 24, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence is a ‘boundless machine of artistic demoralisation’, says singer Nick Cave. Australian singer, writer and actor Nick Cave really doesn’t like generative

The tragicomedy of business’s naïvety on NHI
- By Martin van Staden
- . Nov 23, 2023
Organised business in South Africa continues to engage with the South African government as if both parties were fundamentally bona fide. The reality is that