It’s a fallacy to measure ‘fair share’ only by tax contribution
It is not rare today to hear calls for the wealthy to ‘pay their fair share’ in the context of taxation. But is it appropriate
SA Foreign Policy in Knots
Last week a high-powered official South African delegation rushed to Washington to try and persuade the US that we have not gone over to the
Keystone Kops hit the streets of Gauteng
Panyaza Lesufi, the Premier of Gauteng, has taken a leaf out of Western Cape Premier Alan Winde’s book with his provincial Crime Prevention Wardens. With
Finding citizenship, again
Freedom Day came and went without much fanfare, a commemoration of sorts, but hardly a celebration. It’s been 29 years since the 1994 transition: sufficient
Is working with the ANC unworkable?
Deflated expectations for investment-led collaborations reflect punctured confidence. The ANC’s 1990s transition from its liberation movement origins to being a ruling political party did not
The worst sexual perversion in history
The worst sexual abuse of children in all history is happening right now. Very young children, full of the normal doubts and anxieties about their
Lucky strike
They struck oil in southern Namibian waters last month. Again. In the last year, oil companies have hit oil three times in the same area,
BEE – how do we deal with race classification?
The ANC Government continues with its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) efforts to ‘unleash the full potential of all South Africans to contribute to wealth creation’.
Understanding the culture that we are in the process of losing
Anyone reading this has been extraordinarily fortunate, and in a profound way that they are quite possibly unaware of. They were lucky enough to be
The dark intentions of industries that call for regulation
Meta/Facebook wants new internet regulation, and has been calling for it for years. A South African body art industry association claims to want to be