Let them fail!
South Africa’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are cash-hungry vampires sucking the nutrients out of already over-taxed South African value-adders. Their thirst is intensified by the taste
Conduct without justification or excuses
Where abuses are proved to have occurred, justice must be pursued; victims deserve no less, and society can afford no less. Commenting on a case
‘Going along to get along’ on BEE helps only the political elite
Rather, the mining industry should voluntarily adopt a very different approach to empowerment that seeks not to create a narrow group of black capitalists but
This is the question we must ask ourselves
When will we cease to be Africans, coloureds, Indians and whites and merely be South Africans? These words are not mine – which, all these
Does the Anglican Church really support BDS on Israel?
The Anglican synod is naïve if it believes that peace will result should Israel end the Occupation of the West Bank. The recent endorsement by
‘Covering Climate Now’ is propaganda, not journalism
A host of media outlets has signed up to promoting a one-sided and simplistic view of a contested, controversial, and complicated issue. It cannot be
Our looming electricity disaster
The campaign for solar and wind seems to be driven by the powerful renewable energy companies and green ideology – and our politicians, ignorant about
EWC is a perversion of human nature
Property is at the heart of free exchange and is the key driver of progress. Each of us needs food, water and shelter to
For crying out loud
South Africans have a sound grasp of what matters, and what must be done – but our politicians just won’t listen. The real South African
Stuck in the apartheid poverty ‘groove’
An East London plan to move residents of an informal settlement to new housing replicates apartheid planning, and will push poor people even further into