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Climate advisers who don’t like coal should go nuclear
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 19, 2023
The Presidential Climate Commission doesn’t like the plan to delay the shuttering of coal-fired power plants, but wants Eskom to extend the grid for renewables,
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Napoleon’s imperial ascendancy
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . May 19, 2023
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 18th May 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French
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A defence of the High Court’s ‘foolish, dangerous judgment on load-shedding’
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 18, 2023
Andrew Kenny writes that Judge Norman Davis of the Gauteng High Court issued ‘a foolish, dangerous judgment on load-shedding’ when the latter ordered government to
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The Lady R: What do we really want?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 17, 2023
South Africa’s relations with the US are in a crisis, and there is no clear path out of the mess. South Africa’s increasing lean towards
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We should welcome dumping, not penalise it
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 16, 2023
The government is weighing new anti-dumping tariffs of up to 232% on a range of products imported from China and India, ostensibly to protect local
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What liberalism means to me
- By Terence Corrigan
- . May 15, 2023
It’s always interesting to get feedback on what I write. Positive or negative, online or in person, understanding how people view what I have to
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‘Transformation’ or transformation
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . May 15, 2023
Our youth unemployment crisis is as globally unrivalled as it is deeply entrenched. This traces to our ruling party creating a patronage network which is
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A foolish, dangerous judgment on load-shedding
- By Andrew Kenny
- . May 14, 2023
One of the most foolish and dangerous court judgments I have ever heard was made on 5 May 2023 in the Gauteng High Court by
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Is South Africa a failed state?
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . May 13, 2023
In short, no. But it is understandable why there is a pervasive feeling of failure within this country, which is largely due to the abysmal