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