In nine months of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems government has learnt little, as the crude lockdown measures foisted upon the Nelson Mandela

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 ‘It is not because men have enacted laws that life, liberty, and property exist. On the contrary, it is because life, liberty, and property are

So now we know. One of the reasons for retaining South African exchange controls is to ensure that enough money is available for investment in

In the Daily Maverick article of 23 November, ‘Fake news and Misinformation kill: How can you trust what you are told about Covid-19’, the ‘Scientists

There is a modern tendency to attribute morality to inanimate things. Thus ‘energy’ is ‘good’, and ‘pressure’ is ‘bad’. ‘Positive’ and ‘negative’ are used for

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Back in 2000, it took five weeks until the winner of the tied presidential election was known. George W. Bush triumphed over Democrat Al Gore

George Floyd died on 25 May 2020. The four policemen who apprehended him have been charged criminally for his death. One has been charged with

It turns out that the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCD) – and the South African government at large – do not believe in