Essential reading
I’m afraid I lack the ability to do justice to this, the most important book I’ve read on South Africa for years. It is COUNTDOWN
An incremental revolution
With growth stalling, joblessness at crisis levels, and governance unravelling, most South Africans cannot fathom why the ANC does not embark on meaningful reform. The
Underwriting freedom – a proposal to the Musk Foundation
If, in a fit of fabulous philanthropy, Elon Musk decided to donate 10% of a billion dollars ($100 million, about R2 billion, or .0005 of
Where does the slippery alt-right slope end?
Roman Cabanac, one of the leading alt-right pod-bros in South Africa, showed us. It’s been seven years since a crass demagogue named Donald Trump rose
A cap on CEO salaries? No, rather cap political salaries
A poll run on the BusinessTech website recently asked readers whether chief executive officer (CEO) salaries in South Africa should be ‘capped’. When I saw
What happens when the Expropriation Bill is passed?
South Africa could be on the verge of an economic tipping point. Once the Expropriation Bill is passed it will give the government wide-ranging powers
Plastic should be celebrated, not fought
A global anti-plastics treaty is on the cards. It takes an ideological hammer to what isn’t a nail. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is
When a white African is called the N-word
Here is a case of bloody, curious entertainment, with a political twist. It’s a long story, so tuck in. It starts last week when South
BOSA: will it give power back to the people?
The news reports on the radio as I drive along the M1 are all about the big story of the day: VIP protection officers have
Is the West going mad?
Is the Western World going mad? Is the greatest civilisation of all, based on liberty, rational thought and science, now retreating into oppression, irrationalism and