Cholera is another mark of South African disintegration
The cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, which has killed 21 people so far, is not only tragic but an ominous sign of the continuing disintegration of
G7 and China: Cold War II?
HIROSHIMA: Historian Niall Ferguson argues that the icy bi-lateral relations between the US and China in recent years have evolved into a new and dangerous conflict,
Here is one small step to get voters voting again
In the run-up to the 2024 election, once again South Africans will grapple with questions. ‘Whom do I vote for?’ ‘What do I want from
Unconscionably long, paid suspensions of Tembisa suspects
On 24 May Jack Bloom, the DA’s dogged Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health, issued a press release bemoaning the fact that ‘Tembisa Hospital CEO Dr
Fikile Mbalula’s one single issue
Secretary-general of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, chides interviewer for defining the ANC ‘by one single issue’, namely load-shedding. Fikile Mbalula, former cabinet minister and now
Read between the lines to understand the pernicious Expropriation Bill
In a well-meaning and thoughtful piece (‘Putting the Expropriation Bill into perspective – it’s not the ugly ogre some make it out to be’) Annelize
Anti-development frauds receive final smackdown
The far-left agitators and fraudulent activists behind the legal obstructionism against the development that will host Amazon’s local headquarters get a judicial spanking. It is
André de Ruyter’s three years in hell
Anyone seeking to understand why it is so difficult to turn around the government and country would be well advised to read Truth to Power,
Shifting blame
South Africans have shouldered the burden of load-shedding for more than a decade, since its first implementation in 2008. In January this year, Eskom board
Mission to Moscow… and Kyiv
On Tuesday last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would be part of an African initiative to seek peace in the conflict between Russia