Where has the corporate backbone gone?

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The last week has been tumultuous for the pharmacy chain Dis-Chem. It began with a confidential letter to staff (which was promptly leaked), chastising them

Dis-Chem’s disaster

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It remains unclear whether Dis-Chem has withdrawn its moratorium on the hiring of white people. A letter to the public earlier this week on the

What can classical liberals learn from Liz Truss?

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Many of the promises Liz Truss made before her election as UK prime minister would have sounded good to libertarians, classical liberals, and conservatives. Yet

Will Putin cancel ‘cancel culture’?

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Stopping the fighting might soon be in everyone’s interest but there are conflicting priorities. Those who delight in criticising necessary-but-imperfect trade-offs will baulk at advancing

Joburgers, be careful about Cape Town! 

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Unlike most Capetonians, I like Johannesburg. I am somewhat bemused by the rising trend of “semigration” by the flood of Joburgers selling up there –

ANC collapse could happen sooner than we think

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The ANC stands astride South Africa’s politics like a colossus. To be sure, it’s not the force it was in the early parts of this

‘Business-friendly’ Cyril holds record for serving socialism 

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Despite the depredations of apartheid, there was always hope that the ideology would collapse due to its inherent contradictions.  However, when it became inevitable that

Are anti-vaxxers owed an apology?

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The alt-media is awash with a ‘shocking’ revelation: A Pfizer executive ‘admitted’ initial trials did not test whether their Covid vaccine prevented transmission. Are opponents

Pedro’s accession

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 12th October 1822 – Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor

Devolved policing: Constitutional imperative, or fantasy?

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On 26 September 2022, a number of organisations from civil society and politics formed the Western Cape Devolution Working Group. Comprising the Democratic Alliance (DA),