Premium – RW Johnson explains how we’ll be affected by global power shifts (to the East)
Today, we present Part One of a very special essay by the peerless R.W. Johnson, a Rhodes scholar, PhD from Oxford University, fellow ("don") for a quarter century at Oxford's Magdalen College, and political science tutor to many future members of the British Cabinet. Johnson, who returned home to South Africa in 1995, is comfortably our most popular columnist on BizNews.
His essay below (Part Two tomorrow) is another example of Johnson's encyclopaedic knowledge and, more importantly, the rare gift of joining the historical dots and providing context on the seismic shifts of our time. His work opens a window to help us understand our chaotic world.
It has always been crucial to stay informed, but with South Africa's watershed election next year, now it is more important than ever. Watching highlights of EFF leader Julius Malema's adrenaline-charged speech on Saturday at its 10th birthday celebration (below) reminds us of this. For me, two things stuck out.
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