State displacement of personal responsibility cannot justify Tobacco Bill

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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