JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
FOR much of the last six years, I have reflected a great deal about South Africa’s black economic empowerment (BEE) policies. What I have tried to understand is…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
JOHN Adams, was the President of the United States of America (USA) from 1797 to 1801. He once remarked, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THERE is no doubt that we are witnessing the decline of South Africa’s liberation and governing party, the African National Congress (ANC). The data, and the general consensus…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
NEXT month’s local government elections will be amongst the most important elections in South Africa’s post 1994 history. The country is at a crossroads. Change in leadership is…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
WITHOUT robust, rapid economic growth, the prospects on employment and standards of living will remain gloomy in South Africa. Every sensible person understands, and should understand this. It…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE Constitutional Court’s decision to dismiss the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s application for the postponement of this year’s local government elections last week, was significant. The Court’s ruling…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
DONALD Trump’s rise to political power and to the presidency of the world’s superpower, the United States of America (USA), broke families and friendships. Trump was either hated,…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT HAS been a period of uncertainty all over the world over the past year, as the COVID19 pandemic swept across continents. Because of governments’ lockdowns, people have…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
I WAS in my home province, KwaZulu-Natal, a few weeks ago. Spending a few days in my hometown of Stanger, also known as KwaDukuza, was pleasant as always.
While…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT is an age of envy. Envy by politicians, the media and academia. This envy has been normalized worldwide. Those who are successful enough to have accumulated wealth…