EWC: Don’t panic! (But if you have to, do it like this)

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When I heard President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed the EWC (Expropriation Without Compensation) Bill into law, I was deeply disturbed. A great sadness crept over

Trump vs freedom

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How should principled individualists respond to the election of Donald Trump, and his firestorm of executive orders? Although I have been an enthusiastic Trump supporter,

Sin Tax on gambling won’t work

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We can’t tax our society into behaving better, no matter how much we’d like to think we can. Behaviour-adjusting taxes like sin tax on alcohol

No easy answers on the eastern highveld

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Beneath the rich agricultural soil around Middelburg lies a hidden treasure: the black coal that feeds the power stations whose cooling towers dot the horizon

Scoring the rest of Trump’s Day One orders

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Newly elected US president Donald Trump’s wild flurry of executive orders has sparked chaos and confusion in America and around the world. Earlier this week,

Lessons from Zimbabwe

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It’s the 5th of November 1997, and one of Robert Mugabe’s flunkies is loitering near the fax machine at the office on the corner of

Wandile Sihlobo is too bullish on the Expropriation Act 

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The nature and history of the African National Congress (ANC) cannot be discounted when reading the text of the new Expropriation Act. The rule of

The AI wars are upon us

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“I will not risk open war.” “Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.” Aragorn in his response to King Theoden

The DA and the ANC: Will a moderate centre ever hold in SA?

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The government of national unity (GNU) is heading for a breakup, although this is not about to happen soon. It’s highly unlikely that DA ministers

US leaders overseeing CITES: D-O Y-O-U-R J-O-B-S – an open letter to President Donald Trump

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Johannesburg, 26 January 2025 Dear Mr. President, The international agency charged with protecting wildlife on the brink of extinction is known as CITES — the