A dirty business

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Local government politics has been particularly grubby in the past few weeks as the African National Congress (ANC) has taken over the administration of Johannesburg

Same elephant, different room

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Last week Cyril Ramaphosa sounded the alarm about South Africa’s water crisis. Citing the famous line from Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner about ‘water,

Hate speech? Or just mild disapproval speech?

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There are days, believe it or not, when I feel that there might still be some vestige of sanity in South Africa, some small thing

The problem with Trump

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The problem with President Donald Trump is that his opponents are even worse than he is. In 2016, Americans were faced with a dreadful choice,

Is economic reform politically impossible in SA?

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Earlier this week South African Airways (SAA) was placed into business rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection from creditors to effect a turnaround. This is

A troubling glimpse of the future

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To understand how a phenomenon will unfold in the future, a good starting point is to look to how it developed in the past, and

Time to terminate present empowerment policies

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In 1994, the ANC put a shiny but misleading gloss on its proposed BEE, employment equity, and land reform policies. It said that: BEE would

When will SA wake up?

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We keep being told South Africa is a ticking time bomb of pent-up fury, but somnolence might be our greater challenge. Not that we are

A better route to empowerment

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On 27 November, investor marketing agency Ince Communications Agency entered into a deal with media entrepreneur Andile Khumalo, significantly transforming its shareholding structure. Ince was

Without growth, there will be nothing left to transform

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President Ramaphosa has cracked the whip on the private sector in his latest weekly newsletter, admonishing those in business for not transforming quickly enough. Despite