SA needs single independent entity to hunt down the corrupt
The Madlanga Commission and the related parliamentary ad hoc committee are nearing completion: what should emerge?
“Opportunities” for SA’s youth, in 1976 and in 2026
I began writing this last Tuesday, 16 June, nominally “Youth Day”, but in South Africa’s political lexicon, the commemoration of the 1976 Soweto students’ uprising.
No sacred allies: South Africa in a transactional decade
On 18 June US vice president, JD Vance told reporters Donald Trump is “the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this point in time.” He then warned Israel’s cabinet against attacking “the only powerful ally” it has left.
Will Cyril go to jail? Will Groenewald be president? Is the GNU cooked?
The Phala Phala impeachment process, the DA cabinet scramble and the upcoming election have all raised the temperature in the SA political pan. Voters are speculating, pundits are placing bets, and podcasters add some flavour.
AI could bring the world’s best teachers to every South African child
Modern technology has made it possible to individually maximise the potential of every person. It can do so while sidestepping many political challenges around education and making life more convenient.
We keep having the wrong argument about safety in South Africa
South Africans have spent years arguing about farm attacks. One side sees them as a national crisis demanding urgent intervention. The other argues that they are too often presented as evidence of a unique victimhood that obscures broader patterns of violence. The debate is emotionally charged, politically entrenched, and by now deeply familiar.
When bar meets barnyard and all goes black
Last week we entertained Ruffy (aka Raphael van Wyk), and he entertained us.
The futility of trying to lock up software
The Trump administration wraps itself in the language of freedom, but reaches for the hammer of tyranny as soon as they see something screwy.
Ports: South Africa leads the world in improvement, trails it in performance
The 2025 Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) findsthat Durban recorded the largest single-year efficiency gain of any port in the world between 2024 and 2025. Coega (Ngqura) was also among the top five most improved globally. Port Elizabeth leads all ports in long-run improvement since 2020. Despite the impressive improvements, South Africa’s main ports still rank near the bottom of the 400-port global index.
Yet again, Israel scapegoated as “hidden hand” in SA’s “afrophobia” outbreak
So, Israel, the world’s most overworked, overused and abused scapegoat, is the “hidden hand” behind South Africa’s latest xenophobia crisis?