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Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa declared his fifth annual SA investment conference a great success. And last week the President also signed into law the Employment

In January, Covid-19 vaccine opponents got all worked up about a paper that appeared to show 278 000 vaccine-related deaths in the US. Of course, the

I look forward to the contributions by Ivo Vegter; logical, cogently argued, empirically illustrated and typically well sourced. Agree with him or not, and I

Joe Biden’s harsh labelling of national leaders makes geopolitical solutions even more elusive. The ANC’s vilifying successful societies undermines our economic prospects. Being quick to

I As the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaches, I’ll offer these revisionist thoughts about the country’s beginnings. First, it was essentially a civil

Should South Africa turn away from the Western world of America, Europe, and Japan and turn towards China, Russia and India? Should we trade more

Affirmative action in Malaysia has failed to uplift the poor – and South Africa is now experiencing the consequences for the same mistake. Worse still

President Ramaphosa signed the Employment Equity Amendment Bill into law this week. It is probably unconstitutional, and will leave the country worse off, not better.

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. April 7th, 1939 – Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate over Albania