Time for an early election?

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A lot has been said recently about the 2024 elections, and whether – or not – this will be the moment at which the ANC’s

Should we give up?

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(This gloomy article, I should say at the start, ends on a slightly optimistic note.) Are things so bad in South Africa that we should

Why do I mourn the late Queen?

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‘You’re bloody nuts!’ my wife remarks, seeing me wearing a black arm band. While her colourful diagnosis of my mental state is probably not far

Failed green policies spark fossil fuel boom

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Idealistic renewable energy policies and obstinate anti-nuclear sentiments are crumbling in the face of cold reality, as desperate countries turn to oil and coal. Pollution,

Vax mandates: three more reasons to keep fighting

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I change my mind when the evidence changes. Even better, I only make up my mind when there is evidence for it. Covid vaccine mandate

Nurses on the Front Line and the Tembisa Ten

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‘It’s important that we immediately suspend the CEOs of these hospitals. The MEC of Health in Gauteng should resign and at the very least she

How we elect our leaders – time for a rethink?

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Mmusi Maimane, head of the One South Africa (OSA) movement and erstwhile leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), confirmed this weekend that he would be

President Cyril Ramaphosa: the most effective ‘RET’ leader of all

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Last week, a Business Day editorial commended President Cyril Ramaphosa for the ‘important structural reforms’ being implemented under his watch. These reforms, it said, included

Eskom: Not much can be done ‘at once’

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short an overseas trip to return to deal with the Eskom crisis. How this will help solve the crisis, which

A worrying obstacle on the road to post-ANC recovery

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South Africans who have the most to offer are the very ones the country is most likely to lose to emigration, according to new research.