Politics makes strange bedfellows, but that is what connects President Trump and Minister Gwede Mantashe. They both recognize that petroleum security is national security (Business Report, September 16). For what the Reserve Bank calculates as an...
There is no excuse for the ANC’s whining about how Trump’s economic strangulation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may affect South Africa (The Mercury, August 26). On August 14, in announcing a crushing economic operation...
Promotion of ideas and policies by sources regarded as reputable invariably expedites acceptance. Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber’s promotion of digital ID is a case in point that warrants critical appraisal. Understandably upbeat about...
Chloe Maluleke (The Mercury, November 21) must be commended for placing media acclaim concerning South Africa’s hosting of the G20 summit within the context of the realities prevailing in the country. As she points out, there is a huge disconnect...
Since its accession to power, the ANC has strived incrementally to implement the dictates of its handbook on socialism – the Freedom Charter. The surprise of the Minerals Council at the latest amendments to mineral resources legislation (Business...
Despite huge demographic differences, parallels in policies between Australia and South Africa addressing inequalities regarding indigenous populations appear mired in similar controversies. It is common knowledge that, as a mechanism to uplift...
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