The real problem is not Adam Habib, but the SOAS trustees
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?
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
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
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
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
Rape: lip service is not enough
A lot of the language around sexual violence in South Africa is rooted in the idea that the fundamental fix is ‘men speaking to –
Editorial: First they came for Habib
The news of Adam Habib – former vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand and current director of the School of Oriental and African Studies
What a farm tragedy, and Biblical invocations, tell us about land reform
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
Populist ‘buy local’ schemes depress the economy
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