By
Robert Duigan
Published
April 3, 2025
The DA's futile war against the VAT increase, while caving to other ANC plans, has shown poor priorities. After the big GNU gamble, they now have nothing to show for it.
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Draft amendments to the Private Security Industry Regulations threaten to make the entire private security sector inoperable, destroying the last vestiges of safety in the country
While many commentators tie this new measure to diplomatic tensions, it forms part of a broader protectionist stance. But Western Cape agriculture may be hardest hit.
March 26, 2025
As East and West start to eye strategic maritime passages, there is a distinct absence of attention to the Cape. But that cannot last forever.
March 25, 2025
The economy is stagnant while population grows, and industries are shutting down. Reuben Coetzer of FREESA outlines the problem and the solutions from a national policy perspective
February 22, 2025
Why the Volkstaat movement needs to stop looking for recognition, and start building
Witsand is attracting attention as the small town adopts the cryptocurrency for retail and daily business. But the rest of the Cape is leading this trend too
After pressure from bricks-and-mortar competitors, the municipality shut down the market, and introduced new regulations that even prohibited it from private venues
Chronic challenges include toxic sediment and hypertrophy. The last dredging occurred in 1983, but it wasn’t enough to halt the decline, making this operation critical
Until now, City traffic management has been managed by ad hoc manual intervention from a central office, and ranks ninth-worst congested city in the world
Homeowners and businessowners have provided 69% of SA's solar power. But both the national government and DA local governments are imposing rising costs
Circumstantially, ASA has been increasingly aligned with the preoccupations of the alleged child rapist and racially antagonistic Turkish immigrant politician.
Spokesman Vincent Magwenya maintains "Kill the Boer" is not hate speech, and dismissed the seriousness of farm murders by pointing out the world-beating overall homicide rate
The Bertha Foundation has initiated a bail fund which will work hand-in-glove with judicial and prison authorities to reduce the amount of time criminals spend in jail
March 18, 2025
Singaporean businessman Lu Heng is poised to capture Africa’s regional IP address regulator, and with it, the keys to control of much of the world's remaining IPv4 addresses
Donald Brown
March 7, 2025
Donald Brown argues there is a unique opportunity for the US to convene talks for a new political settlement in South Africa
January 3, 2025
This past year has seen dramatic shifts in government across southern Africa, with voters turning on incumbents. This comes as a major blow to the liberation-party establishment
