Analysis

​Don’t blame neoliberalism, blame the state
​Don’t blame neoliberalism, blame the state
POVERTYEducation, healthcare, housing, electricity, water and other essential services can be provided by the market or by the state, and...
What can SA learn from Mao’s deadly chaos?
What can SA learn from Mao’s deadly chaos?
POLITICSYouthful idealism is nothing new. A welcome drive for justice emerges in generation after generation of young people, along with the...
​New law makes whistle-blowing riskier
​New law makes whistle-blowing riskier
More and more whistle-blowers seem to be emerging into the light as new revelations are made daily about state capture, but this is misleading. In...
Goodbye to the West, and hello to China
Goodbye to the West, and hello to China
AFRICAFollowing a campaign that flew in the face of everything liberal elite Americans stand for, Donald Trump is now president-elect of the...
​Trump got elected mainly because establishment politicians ignored the people
​Trump got elected mainly because establishment politicians ignored the people
The election of businessperson Donald Trump as United States president on November 8 will be discussed, debated, speculated about and studied by...
Cheating Mrs Penguin is no different to women who cheat
Cheating Mrs Penguin is no different to women who cheat
BODY LANGUAGEA penguin recently lost his partner...
​Take on Trump: We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes
​Take on Trump: We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes
Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton has caused understandable anger, pain and devastation among many in the United States, particularly...
Open letter to President Jacob Zuma
Open letter to President Jacob Zuma
I had high hopes when you became president. I saw the dream of a good life for the poor becoming a reality. Your ability to interact with the...
​Don’t vilify the FIC for sticking to the law
​Don’t vilify the FIC for sticking to the law
COMMENTThe Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) strongly rejects the suggestion created in the media that it is not co-operating fully with...
​Guptas head to court to get bank records
​Guptas head to court to get bank records
Neither the Guptas nor the Hawks have been able to lay their hands on crucial transactional bank records involving the Gupta family’s companies...
ANC backs Zuma as MPs prep for DA's 'annual and frivolous' no-confidence motion
ANC backs Zuma as MPs prep for DA's 'annual and frivolous' no-confidence motion
South Africa’s ruling party leadership rallied around President Jacob Zuma after the nation’s graft ombudsman implied he may have allowed the...
Africa's lessons from the global economic crisis
Africa's lessons from the global economic crisis
The global economy remains in a severe crisis, one that in effect started in 2007. Reprieve is not near, hence its characterisation as the “great...
The battle cry for land is spreading
The battle cry for land is spreading
NEWS ANALYSIS
Trump's presidential campaign may not be the last to successfully use scare tactics
Trump's presidential campaign may not be the last to successfully use scare tactics
The art of fear-mongering was one of the most marked characteristics of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign which, rightly or wrongly, landed...

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