Another ‘controversial’ speaker
I must confess that when I first chanced upon Prof PLO Lumumba, I assumed that the name was a nom de plume, a portmanteau invoking
The ANC has never known how to run South Africa
Perhaps the worst thing about the legacy of apartheid is that the Nationalists limited the majority of South Africans’ access to decent education and opportunities
BRICS unity buttressed by Russia sanctions but China-India discord looms
In 2001 Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill coined the acronym BRIC for four fast-growing economies that he predicted would attract big flows of foreign investment
Should Africans copy Afrikaner affirmative action?
Black Africans should copy the successful Afrikaner affirmative action of the apartheid government. This was the suggestion of Reuel Khoza, a businessman, speaking to the
ANC beholden to magical thinking
When it first appeared in 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret swept the publishing world. It has since gone on to sell some 30 million copies,
The long, sinister shadow of Robin DiAngelo in SA’s schools
(Long read) Part 1: DiAngelo’s Acolytes In September 2018, an aspiring Nigerian “diversity-and-transformation consultant” named Lovelyn Nwadeyi posted a photograph on her Instagram account. It
The exponential rise of cellular phones in South African households
South Africa has witnessed a transformative shift in communication preferences over the past few years, with cellular phones becoming the preferred choice for the majority
The Four Hoarse men of the Epoch Collapse
We are approaching the end of the post-WW2 epoch. This epoch brackets the life and times of the baby-boomer generation, now in their seventies with
Economic freedom on the retreat in 21st century
The first two decades of the 21st century saw an alarming reversal of a 150-year trend towards greater economic freedom. I frequently reference the Fraser
The Kaiser, and the Huns
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 27th July 1900 – Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans