Trump Versus DeSantis

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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

You can put your solar system where the sun don’t shine

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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

Amended employment equity law won’t reduce racial poverty, economic inequality

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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

How to get South Africa moving

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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

Gayton McKenzie is not fit to govern

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Gayton McKenzie wants to be president, and he’ll say or do anything to make that happen, including trample all over the rights of the poorest

Fur trading in Hudson Bay

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 2nd May 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent

It’s a fallacy to measure ‘fair share’ only by tax contribution

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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

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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

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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

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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