Robert Duigan
Muslim fashions, Islamophobia, and Minister Cassim
Cassim has recently drawn abuse on social media for the outward signs of his religion. Why him, and not others? The answer, paradoxically, is globalisation
Alan Winde blames Trump for job losses. Is he right?
There is a limited extent to which foreign aid cuts have impacted the Province, but in the grand scheme, this claim has not been properly justified
Video: “Afri-Maga” – How the DA gatekeep the right side of the political spectrum
News24 has carried a lot of DA talking points. But one of them is proving quite revealing about the DA’s electoral insecurities
The DA’s radical open borders policy
The Liberal party is increasingly out of step with the society they wish to govern, but it is fundamentally a return to their roots
GHL finally axes Steenhuisen
After holding out for nearly two months, the scandals have now outweighed internal resistance, and the new DA leadership has been forced to let John Steenhuisen take a less demanding position
Ward 11 in Swartland goes to PA in by-election
Here we cover a little of the voting history in the district for context
March and March and Black South Africa’s 1922
The most recent anti-immigrant riot raises some tough questions about borders, identity, cheap labour and political change
South Africa’s State-Media Relationship
From Naspers to News24, a look at media power and its political connections.
How to think clearly about decentralisation
Whenever people discuss solutions for South Africa, they act as if they are already at the bargaining table, but we are not even in the same building, To get in, we need to be more pushy
Sakeliga defeats Steenhuisen’s draconian controls in court
The order grants livestock owners the right to privately procure approved stock vaccines and to administer them privately
Flood season: WC govt reluctantly recognises need for maintaining infrastructure
Most flood seasons, there is significant damage and erosion. But culverts, and floodwater systems are seldom upgraded, and often simply patched with gabiens
Understand South Africa’s Oligarchy
South Africa’s concentrated economic power structure reveals tensions between political elites, corporations, and ordinary citizens.