With the imminent reconvening of the parliamentary committee on the amendment of the Constitution’s property clause, expropriation without compensation (EWC) is back in focus. In

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 4th July 1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing

The Democratic Alliance published a leaked government paper that says ‘the current crisis … offers an opportunity for the macro reorganization of the state’. Intended

South Africa’s municipalities, with a few notable exceptions, are spiralling into an ever-deeper mess. Many are now in a cadre-created management and political rut from

Test cricket returns this week with England and the West Indies clashing from tomorrow, in Southampton. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic there will be no

Mmusi Maimane, former leader of the official opposition, is enthusiastic about the recent ruling by the Constitutional Court that it is unconstitutional to stipulate that

The most terrible book I’ve ever read was The Mountain People (published in 1972) by Colin Turnbull, an anthropologist. His vivid, sympathetic writing makes his

Much attention was lavished this week by, among others, the African National Congress (ANC), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the South African Human Rights

From the grubby streets of the Capitol Hill Occupy Protest (CHOP) to the swish, champagne-fueled parties of the EFF and their ecosystem of woker-than-thou activists

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, who is no stranger to controversy, has raised the ire of the African National Congress (ANC), among others, with the ruling