The Socialist Utopia: Why socialism is ‘misunderstood and misrepresented’ – Ivo Vegter
If you want to know how socialism will work, and why it’s so much better than capitalism, all you have to do is ask the socialists. They’ll tell you.
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After the second French Revolution, expect Macrons to emerge elsewhere, even SA
Expect Macron-like figures, supported by freshly minted political movements, to emerge in other democracies.
Economist Piketty turns down France’s highest honour
France’s star economist Thomas Piketty, who shot to fame and topped best-seller lists in 2014 with his controversial book on wealth and inequality, has declined the country’s highest award, the Legion d’Honneur.
SA economy: Govt’s intellectual arrogance reaps predictable consequences
Government’s “left-leaning tendencies” might sit comfortably in lecture halls of Sussex University, but having destructive consequences for the SA economy.
Julius Malema (again) takes a pot shot at billionaire Rupert
The feud between firebrand politician Julius Malema (right) and tobacco and luxury goods billionaire Johann Rupert was always bound to erupt again. During his time as head of the ANC Youth League, Malema loved taking pot shots at Rupert, who heads one of South Africa’s richest families and is the chairman of R527bn global luxury … Read more
Right now labour is SA’s big story with the stark options: the Highway or the Dirt Road
 It’s two decades since I had a brief spell in Corporate South Africa. I’ll never regret those 30 months. Apart from providing seed capital to launch a successful media business, it also afforded lessons that cannot be learnt elsewhere. After leaving ABSA in mid-1996, my close friend Flip Meyer invited me to write a column … Read more