Thank – don’t tax – the rich
We must support policies which tame poverty and unemployment even if they increase inequality. Many people maintain that inequality can always be reduced by making
The Lesson of the Golden Chicken
Easter Egg hunts in my family were robust events. Ostensibly about the search for sugar in sparkly wrapping, they were also about checking to see
Militant Islam, Marxism and the ANC
How does the ANC feel about this? On Friday 22 March, gunmen broke into a big rock concert at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow
From chaos to prosperity: encounters with a changing China
In the summer of 1967 two friends and I visited the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. We were graduate students in a US-funded programme on
Treasury confuses BEE premiums further
Treasury’s proposed Public Procurement Bill changes the way unreported BEE premiums get paid. Treasury’s submissions to Parliament in favour of the Bill show worse is
Understanding the party lists, and how our MPs are elected
The IEC recently released the party lists for the 2024 general election for public scrutiny. There has been much discussion about who has made safely
South Africa’s tobacco policy is a contradictory mess
There’s neither rhyme nor reason behind South Africa’s inconsistent tobacco control policies. In the United Kingdom, the public health authorities actively encourage vaping as a
Wrongly labelled ‘universal franchise’ is why we can’t have nice things
There is no such thing as ‘universal franchise’. It does not and has never existed. All franchise – everywhere and always – is qualified. The
CricketSA ̶ Teeger cover-up
CricketSA and the Gauteng Central Lions have chosen to cover up what I regard as their malfeasance in the Teeger matter. They have chosen to
The Big Rethink in economics
Next month in Washington DC, some of the world’s most applauded economists, including a few Nobel laureates, will speak at a conference on ‘Rethinking economic