Five things about food we know that just ain’t so

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Should you avoid GMOs? Should you limit your egg consumption? Should you drink dairy milk or plant “milks”? Should infants eat peanut-based foods? What we

Mbeki kicks the hornet’s nest

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Thabo Mbeki has upset a bunch of white people and I pity him because I’ve seen what happens when a distinguished black man confronts the

‘Muscular’ and ‘Constructive’ liberalism

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Free Market Foundation Head of Policy Martin van Staden writes recently that, “one hopes that the muscular liberals will gain the advantage in this particular

Should Tshwane cast a shadow over the GNU?

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There has been much concern in some quarters around the voting out of Cilliers Brink as the mayor of Tshwane and what this means for

Reject “Godwin’s law” and learn the lessons of Nazi Germany 

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Mike Godwin might not have intended it, but his internet adage is being used to nullify warnings that Nazi Germany should teach us to be

Former President Thabo Mbeki Rebukes Panyaza Lesufi Over Pretoria Girls Debacle

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Last week, former President Thabo Mbeki sent a blistering 13-page letter to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Education MEC Matome Chiloane, criticising their handling of

Tito Mboweni (1959 – 2024): Defender of central bank independence

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When Tito Mboweni, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 65, was appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank, there was some market

Starmer’s stumbling start

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Two days after the GNU in South Africa officially took office, Keir Starmer became the first Labour prime minister in the UK since Gordon Brown.

Insight from those who have improved (or tried to) public service reform

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The Democratic Alliance mayor of Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, has lost his position in the capital city as a result of the ANC’s and its partners’

Why do Trump partisans fear a Harris presidency?

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I was wondering why Trump supporters seem so afraid of a Kamala Harris presidency in the US, so I figured I’d ask them. “Trump Derangement