State displacement of personal responsibility cannot justify Tobacco Bill
Like clockwork, any opposition to the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill is met with the rejoinder that the Bill ought to be
The insatiable greed of the taxman
National Treasury has floated self-defeating new laws for fear of missing out on some of the foreign earnings of South Africans. Forget Scrooge. Forget corporate
What is BRICS Really About?
South Africa has made a massive financial and diplomatic investment in the BRICS Summit being held in Sandton this week. The grouping which brings together
Coalitions: hard bargaining and transparency required
The Institute of Race Relations has written significantly on South Africa’s almost inevitable move to national coalition politics. The reasons for this are, first, that
Music, heritage, and a debased politics
Music is an immutable part of the human experience. Song and rhythm have captured our joys and heartaches, celebrated our achievements, mourned our failings and
BRICS versus broad prosperity
As this week’s Sandton shindig will not benefit ordinary South Africans, its vacuous pageantry must inspire a reality check. The ANC’s destructive economic stewardship traces
Making a fortune destroying our education
South African education is under attack. The attack is against our few remaining good schools, not against the majority of bad schools. Most South African
Ramaphosa Ultimate Zupta “Keeper”
One of the most common phrases in South Africa’s courts is the imperative to “do purposive interpretation” of legal orders. In the case of former
Order vs Anarchy: Cape Town’s Taxi Strike
The recent events in Cape Town have been an incredibly stressful period for many Capetonians, as city officials and the South African National Taxi Council
Zimbabwe’s ongoing struggle for free and fair elections
On Wednesday, Zimbabwe is scheduled to hold a general election. This poll has already garnered significant attention due to its potential to either direct the