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
The individual as actuator: A response to the challenge of Roets on Individualism
After reading the opinion pieces published by Martin van Staden, Ivo Vegter, and Ernst Roets, it became clear that there seems to be a common
Coming soon: warning labels on food
The Department of Health wants draconian, tobacco-style regulations for food product packaging. Every time we go to the supermarket, there it is. Like drug pushers
Jerusalem sacked
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 8th July 1099 – Some 15 000 starving Christian soldiers march in
Illegal mining deaths caused by socialism, not capitalism
When Pedro Mzileni started his Sowetan column (‘The Boksburg tragedy points to the destructive role of capitalism in mining’) with, ‘17 black people were confirmed