Power to the People
This rallying cry of countless popular movements against oppression is too often burdened with the irony of its succeeding in achieving the reverse: liberation seldom
Protecting women: time to focus on essentials
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a raft of measures in September to better deal with the scourge of abuse and rape, including additional funding of R1.1
Mainstream news manipulation and disinformation in the aftermath of the DA leadership changes
The outright lying, disinformation, and news manipulation of the mainstream media reached record levels in response to the leadership changes in the Democratic Alliance (DA).
What is the DA waiting for on race?
Last week Geordin Hill-Lewis, shadow finance minister in the Democratic Alliance (DA), wrote that South Africa was ‘trapped’ in an ‘obsession with race-based transformation policies’.
Cyril pulls a bunny out of the hat
It’s been a wild week in the wacky world of international finance. No sooner had Moody’s adjusted our financial health outlook from stable to negative
Any lessons from the Rugby World Cup?
The final of the Rugby World Cup was of special interest to me because I watched it in a rough little pub only a few
Obsessive racial bean-counting benefits nobody
A bizarre piece of news came out of the Fairest Cape recently. It was reported that the Cape Cobras, the Cape Town-based franchise cricket side,
Alarm in Washington: another front in the Expropriation without Compensation battle?
South Africa’s relationship with the United States, long a complicated one, has been thrown into sharp focus by the announcement from the office of the
Three sacred cows to line up for the slaughter
Last week’s mini budget laid out in stark statistics the magnitude of South Africa’s accelerating economic crisis. Finance minister Tito Mboweni expects a revenue shortfall
Time to say ‘No!’ to destructive racialism
Shortly after the 2004 general election, the National Party (NP) died in the arms of the African National Congress (ANC). Looking at the obsession of