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
The Public Health System: Is it Under-Resourced?
This is the second in a series of five articles in which Michael Settas will provide readers with the critically important distinction between universal health
Iqbal Survé vs the banks
Never in the history of our country has such a large entity, with more than 8 000 direct and indirect employees, been the focus of
Good inequality and bad inequality
In the last decade or two, inequality has become the left’s new buzzword, since it’s kind of awkward how well economic freedom has done at
What does Competition Law in South Africa seek to achieve?
The objectives sought by a particular piece of legislation are usually set out in the preamble. Yet, what happens when a law has multiple objectives
‘Daar gaan ‘n man verby’ – A reflection on John Kane-Berman
This tribute was given as a eulogy to John Kane-Berman at his funeral. In his autobiography, Between Two Fires, John Stuart Kane-Berman talks about writing
The EEB should not be implemented
If South Africans think that the recent wave of load-shedding was the worst thing that could possibly happen to the country, they have no idea
Criminalising bullying not likely to help
Bullying is a phenomenon commonly found in schools and elsewhere. Under new legislation, certain kinds of bullying could be criminalised. Bullying based on such things