Deep divide on EWC constitutional amendment bill
Last week the Ad Hoc Committee charged with drafting the expropriation without compensation (EWC) constitutional amendment bill (the Bill) invited several organisations to make oral
How to boost investment in SA’s decaying infrastructure
South Africa’s infrastructure is decaying through poor maintenance, vandalism and insufficient investment. Last week Business Leadership South Africa, which represents the biggest corporates in the
Why do poverty and hunger persist?
Poverty and hunger appear to be persistent problems, and many people hold capitalism in general, and neoliberalism in particular, responsible for perpetuating them. This is
How The New York Times downplayed Nazi crimes
This year’s Holocaust commemoration in South Africa – Yom HaShoah – will be held as a national Zoom meeting on 8th April. One of the
Free education for all
“Free Education for All!” cry the would-be students. Where do they want the money to come from? From the working class masses who will never
The great liberal confusion
My moedertaal is colourful and versatile – especially when it comes to insults and swearwords. I’m convinced that rugby is largely such a popular sport
Optimistic Moves
What a week. We moved. Talk about stress. The upheaval took me off social media (mainly because South African providers are so hampered by bureaucracy
Free-market solutions to land reform
If not expropriation without compensation, then what? How do South Africans finally redress the imbalances caused by apartheid? It is a fallacy to believe the
SAtired – edition five
Hello and welcome! This little column will present politics at its most absurd. SAtired supports freedom of speech, small government and free markets. This means we’re centrists.
So, who does own Daily Maverick?
“The Oppenheimers have been directly responsible for the destruction of black families and black men in particular, benefiting extraordinarily from apartheid and they, too, have