OPINIONS
Defusing the Joblessness Timebomb
South Africa’s youth face record unemployment, but a Free Market Foundation plan could offer a lifeline through labour law exemptions.
David Ansara
- November 14, 2025
8 min read
Trump And The Forty Afrikaners
James Myburgh says we should look at what is being done (or not done) rather than what is being said.
James Myburgh
- November 12, 2025
8 min read
A Government Ashamed of its Most Important Policy
The reaction to Solidarity's billboard reveals a government uncertain about the moral and practical justifications for its flagship empowerment policy.
The Editorial Board
- November 12, 2025
4 min read
Trump’s G20 Boycott and the Future of America’s Relationship With South Africa
To whatever extent it is an American objective to have sound relations with South Africa, Washington has both a big problem and a big opportunity.
The Editorial Board
- November 11, 2025
4 min read
A Reckoning for Journalism in the West
BBC scandal will have significant implications.
Simon Lincoln Reader
- November 11, 2025
8 min read
Steenhuisen Right to Demand Minister’s Removal
John Steenhuisen has set the right example to all his Cabinet colleagues in firing Dion George.
The Editorial Board
- November 10, 2025
5 min read
The Flawed Premise of the GNU
President Ramaphosa’s GNU retreat masked deep policy divides as opposition parties traded conviction for consensus.
David Ansara
- November 9, 2025
9 min read
A Ten-Year Bet: How the US-India Pact Reshapes Indo-Pacific Power
Washington and New Delhi’s new ten-year defense pact signals a deeper strategic convergence that could redefine the Indo-Pacific balance of power for a generation.
Mahan
- November 9, 2025
7 min read
After 10 Years of Decline, Has South Africa Turned The Corner?
This is the unedited transcript of a keynote delivered by Adi Enthoven at the University of Stellenbosch Thought Leader Lecture on 4 November 2025. In his remarks, Enthoven contended that South Africa has turned the corner, with reforms in power, freight, and water systems driving large-scale private investment and reviving market optimism.
Adi Enthoven
- November 9, 2025
15 min read
Tobacco Bill is Extensively Flawed
New bill is an attack on personal liberty.
Gary Moore
- November 9, 2025
10 min read
