Redistributionism or Growth?
Basic Income Grant (BIG) – added to the increasing number of other forms of welfare – represents a major risk to South Africa’s fiscal responsibility
How coalitions will weaken the ANC
As the ANC falters in the years ahead, the South African landscape will be fundamentally changed. Election systems like that in South Africa, which use
Ebrahim Patel faces economic reality over chicken prices
In a stunning admission that import tariffs materially hurt consumers, so-called ‘anti-dumping’ tariffs on chicken are being suspended for a year. They should be suspended
National Interest discarded
Over the past week or so, foreign policy has gained a rare foothold in the news cycles of a country more concerned with its domestic
Why young voters won’t help oust the ANC
Rampant youth unemployment doesn’t inspire an anti-ANC backlash because no one is promoting a workable remedy. Electing a more responsible government would immediately benefit commercial
Naledi Pandor dons keffiyeh & demands a UN committee on apartheid
The keffiyeh scarf has become a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, popularised mostly due to Yasser Arafat’s adoption of it. It was traditionally used by many
Climate hysteria: heatwaves in Europe
While global temperatures for June and July of this year show no sign of global warming, the mainstream media and some official meteorological bodies are
Tinfoil hats? We need a whole wardrobe
I like the way I look in a tinfoil hat. It brings out the colour of my eyes. I fancy how the headgear accepts the
Trust in the future
Raymond Aron, French intellectual and the author of Opium of the Intellectuals, believed politics rather than revolution was the way to change society for the betterment of all. He
ANC (and EFF) policy resonate only with a few
A rather unpleasant effect of our hyper-consciousness to race is that even ideas and policies most people don’t agree with are given lots of room