Interesting parallels between SA and UK, both are at political crossroads
Parliament's approval of land expropriation without compensation could set SA [...]
Facing economic disaster, we’re still in the dark about Cyril’s ‘reform’
Are some countries simply unreformable? This bleak, pre-festive season thought [...]
Brexpropriation a common thread of woe in SA and UK
To adapt Tolstoy, "Every unhappy country is unhappy in its [...]
De Lille gives ANC a glimmer of hope to take back the Cape
Despite modest support, she will create at least the possibility [...]
The DA dilemma: Looking two ways at once
There is the well-known joke about a foreign tourist lost [...]
Gigaba can learn a trick or two from fellow liar Trump
The apparently reckless US president has mastered the art of [...]
Books shed light on democratic backslidings replacing dictatorships
Literary bestseller lists likely often reflect the opposite of mass [...]
Saudis reminded that even impunity has its limits
If the scriptwriters of the blockbuster television series Homeland had invented such [...]
Will Tito simply balance the books or throw the book at power?
Having ascended to the second-most-important job in politics, he should [...]
Can our finance minister come up with a credible reform plan?
'Neither Nene nor his credible successor has such fires to [...]
Cyril Ramaphosa needs to match his skill behind the scenes with bold public action
The question is whether the president has the temperament to [...]
A sober, if small, voice amid the trumpeting herd
Some years back, one of his harassed employees said of [...]
Premier move: Maimane dodged the bullet of political idiocy
By wisely turning away from the baubles of premiership, the [...]
It’s land now. Will it end with the death penalty?
The trouble with changing the Constitution is that it opens [...]
It takes a special leader who is big enough to put country before party
The late US Senator John McCain reinforced his best self [...]
Mission unaccomplished: We have an embassy problem
The fallout from Trump’s Twitter land bomb suggests something seriously [...]
The not so secret sauce SA doesn’t have
“Resilience!”. That’s what two business mavens advised me was the [...]
Come what May, there is a finer model for our future
When the economy is spluttering at 1% growth it is [...]
Architect of constitution Ramaphosa now puts Bill of Rights up for grabs
Late on Tuesday evening last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s "new [...]
In black and white: ANC’s great race to the bottom
When it comes to ‘representivity’ among its leaders the ruling [...]
TV expropriation debate enters realm of Neverland
I was reminded sharply on Tuesday night of the rebuke [...]
New dawn? More like a false sighting under Ramaphosa
Instead of co-ordinated governance, SA has seen disjointed decision-making and [...]