After the crisis: SA will need an ideological reset
If South Africa draws anything positive from the Covid-19 pandemic, it will be that the country finally finds the courage to commit to a firm
The deep dark hole that BEE has helped to dig
The purpose of Black Economic Empower (BEE), said the ANC in 1994, is to remove ‘all the obstacles to the development of black entrepreneurial capacity’
Protecting the vulnerable while fixing the economy
Will a generation be doomed by misguided efforts to protect the vulnerable? Or will we escape this surreal nightmare by dispatching delusions? Our politics have
Daily Friend Special Report: Covid-19 crisis heightens risk of long-term failure for SMEs
Inextricably bound to the Covid-19 health emergency is the economic emergency that it is exacerbating; to imagine them as two separate or competing priorities in
There are no realistic alternatives to the IMF
In his address to the nation in which he extended the lockdown last week, President Cyril Ramapahosa said, ‘our country will need to undergo a
Prohibitions don’t work, and should be lifted
In South Africa and around the world, officials of a prohibitionist mindset exploited the Covid-19 emergency regulations to institute bans on their pet peeves, notably
The great British coalition against Nazi Germany
The 8th of May will mark the 75th anniversary of the German surrender in Europe. As a result of the Covid-19 crisis, VE Day will
Running out of soap
Happy Lockdown Easter. I’ll bet it wasn’t too difficult for the kids to find the Easter Eggs this morning. But, never mind, only another three
The crisis, and the recovery: what we can count on
Policymakers in South Africa should be made to frame a 125-word passage from near the end of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s televised address on Friday evening
Covid-19 and Chris Hani – some lives don’t matter
‘One man with a rifle who can change the course of history.’ This was the blurb for ‘The Day of the Jackal’, Frederick Forsyth’s marvellous