Theatre of inquiry

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Due to a potential lack of enough talking at the National Dialogue, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the creation of yet another commission of inquiry.

The FLEE principle for parents and politicians

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Providing freedom, love, education and example to their children is a fundamental requirement of good parenthood, and the state has a responsibility to enable parents

South Africa, for good reason, has lost the ability to trust

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Like many of us, I suspect, I watched the media conference by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi with a grim fascination. Here we

Why SA badly needs a new centre-left party

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At first glance South Africa’s politics don’t really look that interesting. A country with a racially segregated past elects a radical far-left[1] party (the ANC)

Lesotho’s declaration of a self-inflicted disaster

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Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster over “high rates of youth unemployment and job losses”. This measure in the landlocked southern African kingdom

Why liberal democracy is reverting back to authoritarianism

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Democracy and individual freedom are not natural elements of human government. Authoritarianism, the rule of society by a minority possessing moral or physical authority over

A changed region

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October 7 changed the political outlook of the entire Middle East region.  The political outlook of the Middle East region shifted enormously after Hamas’s surprise

Why so many economists are wrong about free markets

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Over 100 economists warned against Javier Milei’s economic policies. Over 100 economists were dead wrong. A friend sent me an article from The Guardian, published

Watered-down custard and the South African dream

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I come from a long line of ordinary South Africans, the kind of people this country runs on, working-class people who never expected shortcuts, only

“It is within your power …” An open letter to President Ramaphosa

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Dear Mr President We write this open letter to you in advance of your address to the nation scheduled for 7pm tomorrow. We hope that