The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has responded favourably to finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s desire to bring fiscal restraint and discipline to South Africa’s public sector.

The National Treasury knows that South Africa is heading into an economic crisis, but it can’t do much about that. It lacks the political authority

India bought some oil for rupees, sparking headlines that say the end of the dollar is nigh. It isn’t. BRICS, no matter its composition, will

I’m glad that the coffee shop has space inside, since it’s bitingly cold on the patio. There is an enrapturing aroma of coffee and confectionery

The majority of whites in South Africa regard Affirmative Action (AA) negatively, as holding back the economic growth that the country needs urgently in order

There are two different property problems in Johannesburg. Some people just cannot sell their houses. Others just cannot find accommodation. The first group is small

Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who died in the early hours yesterday at the age of 95, was an exceptional South African. One of his most important

The generation, transmission, and a large percentage of the distribution of electricity in South Africa is currently carried out by Eskom, which is a vertically

The BRICS summit has ended, and as expected, all the talk about a BRICS currency to challenge the US dollar has come to nothing. What

As I know from my own career, charting social trends for more than thirty years, I have frequently been labelled ‘right wing’ and even ‘alt-right’,