Soy: when the better option isn’t much better

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Eco-conscious fashions are sometimes not much better, or even worse, than the status quo. Last week, I wrote about the global plastics treaty that is

Should South Africa ‘overhaul’ migration policy?

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The ANC is calling for an ‘overhaul’ of the immigration system. This was the term used by the party’s spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, in a TV

Beyond permission-based narratives

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Cold War II sets the stage to integrate the people in Africa into the global economy. The integrators will be a motley crew of determined,

Essential reading

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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?

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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

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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