The ANC’s policy phantasms won’t fly
On Monday , South Africans, wearied and depressed by endless [...]
OK, now for the 10-point credibility plan, Mr President
Just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Monday evening announcement of [...]
Waiting for Ramaphosa goes from Phala Phala party to a black Christmas
The death of acclaimed film critic Barry Ronge in early [...]
Look who’s afraid of change while Conservatives keep it fresh
Writing this column from London amid an intense heatwave, the [...]
It’s when the moderate centre is quiet that extremists flourish
There are a lot of reasons right now to read [...]
Cyril the Silent is reminiscent of National Party ‘reformists’ during apartheid
“The rest is silence” were the last words of Hamlet [...]
The scandal surrounding Cyril has opened yet another gate
At the recent Franschhoek Literary Festival, I watched a fascinating [...]
After succeeding Meyer Kahn, Cyril Ramaphosa failed to take heed of his wisdom
Meyer Kahn, who died in Johannesburg last week, was described [...]
If I were the ANC I’d be a little concerned about my ties to UMK
Dealing with individuals sanctioned by the US can be hazardous. [...]
Ramaphosa should know better than to endorse the ‘might is right’ world view
For someone who believes in antique ideologies — from state [...]
In the misgovernance race to the bottom Mantashe is your Dunning-Kruger man
British-American editor and author Tina Brown has just published her [...]
It’s time the state stopped spin doctoring and started doctoring
Reading director general of government communications Phumla Williams’s defence of [...]
Presidential sounds of silence are fuelling the fire engulfing SA
Workers Day, May 1 2022, offered South Africans sharply contrasting [...]
Putin’s war has sorted the wheat from the chaff — and there’s lots of chaff
Today, barring a huge upset, Emmanuel Macron will be re-elected [...]
There’s more chance of seeing the Easter bunny than relief funds reaching victims
This past weekend saw Christians and Jews celebrate Easter and [...]
Magnitsky Acts kick in as sanctions against Russia echo apartheid boycott
Just on six years ago, in the depths of the [...]
Is SA going to hell or to heal? Well, it depends on how you look at it
Are you an optimist or a declinist? Or to use [...]
By thumbing our nose at the West, things can only go south
You might be a little embarrassed by Cyril Ramaphosa’s new [...]
Like Putin, SA’s ANC leaders are steeped in nostalgia for the Cold War
On February 24, when Vladimir Putin rolled his tanks into [...]
Cyril’s Ukraine cop-out betrays both SA and our struggle history
I rubbed my eyes when scanning Monday’s weekly newsletter by [...]
Kenyan response to Ukraine crisis puts SA to shame
Russia drove its tanks and fired its missiles over the [...]
SA’s politicians quite simply don’t have enough ‘skin in the game’ to care
Lebanese American polymath Nassim Nicholas Taleb has gifted the world [...]