POLITICAL theorist Hannah Arendt gifted to posterity great insights into power and a compelling phraseology. Report on the Banality of Evil to Men in Dark Times, she had a rare ability to describe humanity’s descent into authoritarian evil. Her study of the most pervasive iniquities of the 20th century, published shortly after the Second World [...]
Blade Nzimande and his crew need to embrace technological advance. To use a word they will appreciate, it can actually be 'liberating' Unnamed metered-taxi operators made yesterday’s front page for terrorising Uber passengers and drivers on Monday, outside the Gautrain station and elsewhere in Johannesburg. We’re just lucky the drivers didn’t murder anyone, as taxi [...]
Events suggest the ANC will do anything for its friends. They will even ignore a court order, and rob from the poor to pay the rich Well, it's now official government policy: obeying the law is an optional extra. Two leading lights at the heart of authority have pronounced on the subject recently and you, [...]
