Treasure South Africa’s institutions
Amid the noise from the Red Berets’ children’s party last weekend and the coup in Niger: two seemingly unrelated events, the question in my mind
Down goes Dis-Chem advert – A win for responsible medical messaging
It took me three years of obsessively battling, but I finally secured a victory over bad medical messaging by people who should know better. Most
Could the Tallaght strategy work for SA?
“You don’t play politics with the economy…….An opposition which acts in a way that makes every step forward more painful than it needs to be
‘Council Against Medical Schemes’ prohibits medical aid for the poor
It has been 22 years since low-cost medical insurance plans were first contemplated. We still don’t have them. Only 16% of the population can afford
The Poles resist
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 1st August 1944 – Second World War: The Warsaw Uprising against the
Vagrant ‘traffic wardens’ and the false comfort of the commons
Although not immediately obvious, much of the collapse of service delivery we experience today can be traced back to society’s decision to ‘socialise’ the ownership
Starlink Challenges the State
Starlink is the satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX. It can provide fast high-quality internet service to most places on earth. The
Malema doubles down on violent rhetoric
At the height of the EFF’s 10th anniversary festivities, Julius Malema once again exhorted the crowd to ‘shoot to kill’. At a mass rally to
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