Don’t cry for us: Argentina’s political nightmare is mirrored in SA
Big investor selloff; huge currency decline against the US dollar; [...]
Incisive analyses of grievance-based nationalism expose ANC’s folly
Three discrete encounters in Johannesburg recently reinforced the singular, stark [...]
‘Myopic Cyril can’t, or won’t, make the tough calls to prevent SA’s collapse
There is the famous story of the British admiral, Lord [...]
Cyril should be as ruthless as Boris with his enemies
Panned by his critics as a charlatan and a clown, [...]
Anti-truth Trump and bumbling Boris have nothing on SA’s shameless lot
In life the opposite of shame is shamelessness. In public [...]
Come on, Zindzi and Cyril, is it too much to ask for a little diplomacy?
Misery loves company, as the old saying goes. So however [...]
ANC shares Tories’ economy-hurting fixation on ideology
During an English heat wave, I recently escaped London to [...]
Corrosive fallout from buying into ruling-party myth
Binge-watching a top-rated TV series is a sure-fire way to [...]
Cyril’s grand plans and big bailouts won’t solve SA’s problems
SA’s longest-serving leader of the opposition, Sir de Villiers Graaff, [...]
Cyril’s fine words can’t hide his failure to save SA from Zuma gang
“Never make predictions, least of all about the future,” was [...]
Purge boosts the narrative that the era of impunity is over, but obstacles remain
“Confidence,” opined former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers, “is the [...]
Bold movers or losers? The Cyril and Mmusi conundrum
Commentators should be indebted to The Times (of London) ace [...]
Cyril assumes power – but not over his own party
'Dual use" is the national security theory on the dilemma [...]
Ramaphosa, Eisenhower ace the same hole – up to a point
At the height of America’s postwar supremacy in the 1950s, [...]
IEC shows mediocrity has become the norm in SA
The biggest loser in Wednesday’s election was an institution, not [...]
We all know that Ace is far from alone. Now let’s do something about it
The recent Easter weekend coincided with the intensification of campaigning [...]
Vote for the party of obstructionists? Surely you jest
The old gag "the problem with political jokes is that [...]
More votes for opposition could shift SA from its mix of toxic politics and bad economics
In 2014 Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens went to Moscow. [...]
SA’s parlous politics are more ‘Game of Thrones’ than Notre Dame
On Monday night, in the real world and in one [...]
When SA stops chasing away miners and tourists, we can talk of a new dawn
I am currently, literally, an ocean away from the homeland [...]
Running out of options, Cyril plays the struggle card
Did Cyril Ramaphosa morph in the past few days from [...]
Keep SA’s lights on? We’re too busy having fun
A few weeks ago, after a family commemoration, I was [...]