Smoking guns: Can we be sure the police destroyed 50 000 firearms?
The High Court in Pretoria recently ruled in favour of the Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) to compel the South African Police Service (SAPS) to
Corrupt rulers create criminals
Transparency International has classified South Africa (SA) as a “flawed democracy” in its recent Corruption Perception Index (CPI). ‘Flawed democracy’ is definitely correct – but
Russia’s delusions of grandeur and inferiority complex
Russia imagines itself to be a world power, but it is just an angry bully with an inferiority complex. If you’re of a liberal mind,
Keeping the South in the Union
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 18th April 1783 – Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves
‘It’s the law!’ – the motto of the 21st century’s useful idiot
Superficially, society seems to have taken the historical lesson offered by the Holocaust to heart: being ordered to engage in injustice – mass extermination, in
Election 2024: An ANC-MPC coalition ‘the least worst option’
The Democratic Alliance (DA) prefers to remain silent on the possibilities of a coalition, as whatever it says tends to upset other members of the
Let’s Liberate the University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is holding online elections for its highest governance body, known as Council. Council consists of 30 members and four of
SA’s misplaced African hopes
If we were to somehow surge job creation by increasing regional exports, our neighbours would be worse off and South Africa’s gains would be short-lived.
Fixing South Africa’s democracy
On 29 May, South Africa will be faced with its seventh general election since 1994. While the 1994 election saw this country escape the dark
The high cost of the construction mafia – and how it can be faced down
In any environment, crime is a burden on business. The operative question is whether that burden is a small or large one, and whether it