The end of apartheid brought about a new order and a new lexicon, in which some commonplace words have become swear words. People no longer say things, they "indicate" or "allude…

Let us, for the purposes of the debate, accept that Ronald Suresh Roberts is an insufferable demagogue who sings for his supper at the edge of President Thabo Mbeki’s table. That…

One of human civilisation’s best moments must have been the day when two foes decided that, instead of clobbering each other with clubs to decide whose argument was better, they…