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The Pandora’s Box of AI cannot be closed
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 12, 2023
Recent developments in generative AI, which made AI a star in the public imagination, brought with them widespread ethical fears. It is doubtful that these
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Liberalism is perfectly at home in SA
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 11, 2023
In March, Yvonne Phyllis wrote a scathing attack on the classical liberal theory of private property from a clearly socialistic and racial nationalistic perspective in
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Why you will be cold this winter
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 10, 2023
A few days ago Eskom told us that stage six power cuts were to last indefinitely. This means we are about to experience the longest
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Policy-makers scapegoat profit for inflation
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 9, 2023
Inflation is on the rampage around the world, causing anxiety, deprivation, and even bank failures. Governments need someone to blame, and who better than greedy
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South Africa’s ‘leadership’ conundrum
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 8, 2023
Last Tuesday, Business Day rang in the shortened work week with a scathing editorial about the state of South Africa and the complicity of President
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Reparations for slavery: who pays whom?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 7, 2023
From time to time some outraged group, railing against Western countries (seldom against non-Western countries, although they are quite as guilty), demands reparations for slavery.
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Trump Versus DeSantis
- By Barry D. Wood
- . May 7, 2023
SARASOTA, FL: Something strange is happening in Florida, the home state of Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Last
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You can put your solar system where the sun don’t shine
- By Viv Vermaak
- . May 7, 2023
You know that long whistle a mechanic makes when he looks at your engine while he slowly shakes his head? The mournful eye contact as
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Amended employment equity law won’t reduce racial poverty, economic inequality
- By Mlondi Mdluli
- . May 6, 2023
On 21 April, my colleague, Gabriel Crouse, and I went to Tuynhuys in Cape Town to physically hand over a letter to the Office of
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How to get South Africa moving
- By Mpiyakhe Dhlamini
- . May 6, 2023
South Africa should pursue two sets of objectives in order to sustainably solve poverty and grow the national wealth. The first should be a policy