Leadership

Gerhard Papenfus's open letter to Gwede Mantashe: Why whites, and many others, despise the BEE scheme
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The hidden costs of South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment scheme
US President Donald Trump, right, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Trump rejected Ramaphosa’s argument that there’s no genocide against White Afrikaners, airing a video and showing images in the Oval Office that he said showed how they were beaten and killed. Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg
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Navigating global power shifts and Trump’s authoritarian surge
The Economist: Argentina’s economic hero Javier Milei: Rein in regulators, not big companies
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Argentina’s president and Federico Sturzenegger, his deregulation minister, call for a radical rethink on government meddling
Satire with Johan van den Berg: Judge Graham Moshoana for a Bad Writing Award
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Pretentious legal prose meets scholarly style in a modern-day Bad Writing example.
Ian Cameron: Why disarming law-abiding South Africans won’t stop gun violence
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6 min read
Evidence shows South Africa’s gun violence stems from policing failures, not lawful ownership; removing self-defence would worsen safety.
Richard Wilkinson: The importance of winning outright majorities in the Gauteng metros
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Challenges and strategies for DA governance in Johannesburg without a majority.
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