John Mpe: The Leadership Limpopo Deserves
As the ANC’s Limpopo provincial conference draws closer, the name of Makoro John Mpe is increasingly echoing through the corridors of party branches and regional
The importance of winning outright majorities in the Gauteng metros
In my first essay on How to Fix Joburg, I analysed the prospects of the Democratic Alliance (DA) securing 50% of the vote in the City
Para Traz, Nunca Para Frente Sempre
UNITA’s Reset from Guerrilla Movement to Government The end of November 2025 saw the conclusion of UNITA’s 14th Congress at the party headquarters in Viana
What is killing the rules-based international order?
What distracts so many countries from prioritising their core interests? Reflecting how transport and communication costs have plunged, free trade’s potential to deliver win-win benefits
The sad demise of Kellogg’s – snacks defeat nutrition
From the 1950s and into the 80s a box of Kellogg’s cereal was as ubiquitous as a smart phone is today. The Michigan company manufactured
New year’s resolutions should be new year’s trade-offs
“There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs.” This famous quote by economist Thomas Sowell serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of expecting
My time at Zoo Lake: insights into fixing a broken city
Johannesburg has a strong volunteer civil society. It has to. Given its infrastructural degeneration and governmental impotence and neglect, the city would undoubtedly look even
New wineskins: how to be saved from tax hell
“Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill and the skins will be
Trump and the Art of Not Starting Wars
We’ll get to Venezuela. But first… On Christmas Day 2025, as families exchanged gifts and tried to ignore global nastiness, President Donald Trump delivered a
Presidential G20 grandstanding: oratorical chicanery, bad political leadership
On Sunday 23 November 2025 most G20 leaders exited from their summit in Johannesburg in an apparent rush to return to their own regional and