If we want top-flight rewards, we must make a (better) plan
“Out-of-order escalators, moving walkways that don’t move, chipped tiles, cracked walls … these do not make for a good first impression on the many tourists
GNU and EWC – more continuity than change
Whether one regards it favourably or not, the most important political issue facing South Africa at present is the endurance or failure of the Government
US election prioritised economics over identity politics
US Vice President Harris presumed that, as positive GDP, inflation and stock market trends reflected broadly improving living standards, she could become president by exploiting
Trump is deceptively sane and sensible
When the results of the American election came rolling in, I had two reactions, one of which puzzled me for a while. My first reaction
SA Government is Hypocritical Over Iran and Israel
The South African government and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) have demonstrated a profound hypocrisy in their reaction to Israel’s surgical strike
Peeling back the curtain
Is a much-beloved, global, South African charity another cog in the wheel of Iran’s “slow-boil” international strategy to destroy Israel through its use of proxies?
US election: voters’ beliefs trump reality
An unpopular one-term US president managed to convince a significant majority of voters to give him another chance. What can we learn? There’s a lot
Who wins Gauteng will decide South Africa’s future
On the website of Stats SA you will find a rather remarkable chart. It redraws the map of South Africa by resizing the provinces in
Regulations serve only to “protect” us from prospering
The institution of “regulation” is so ingrained that many accept its existence uncritically, premised on the notion that it “protects” society from the excesses of
The tale of two elections and the consequences: Botswana and Mozambique
Last week, for the first time ever, Botswana elected a new President who was not from the party that has ruled since independence in 1966.