Archive - conscientious observer

Economic consequences of Ramaphosa’s foreign policy blunder are worrisome

The President's weak and amorphous foreign policy has thrust the country's diplomatic position into stasis

May 24, 2023 •

April 2023

Populist politics must not be allowed to harm entrepreneurship

The case of Harith not only underscores the importance of independent investigations and due process in cases where allegations of corruption are made…

Apr 7, 2023 •

December 2022

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Dec 19, 2022 •

September 2022

State's cavalier attitude to cyberattacks

François-Marie Arouet – the 18th century French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit and advocacy of freedom of speech…

Sep 11, 2022 •

Public officials shoudn't be allowed to 'block' on social media. Here's why...

Some cynical public officials block social media users who hold or express divergent political views from their social media account timelines.

Sep 10, 2022 •

May 2022

Here’s why the ANC may be beyond redemption

The most responsible, upright members of today’s ruling ANC lack influence, while the most influential members lack responsibility

May 25, 2022 •

February 2022

A fool, by any other name, shall but remain a nincompoop

For as long as we allow charlatans to use JSC as clearing house & vessel for ascension of their political favourites and old-time besties, the…

Feb 11, 2022 •

January 2022

Can we still save a once vibrant City of Joburg?

This former place of hope, opportunities, possibilities and dreams lies fallow, its streets scenes of crime and grime

Jan 16, 2022 •

African leaders must stop the continent’s dependency on exploitative countries such as the US and China

There is something unsettling about the shift in the global economic and political order.

Jan 10, 2022 •

What Negotiations?

[First published in City Press on 8 January 2011]

Jan 3, 2022 •

December 2021

It’s an innocent infatuation, I swear!

[First published in the City Press, 21 October 2013] 📷 Kevin Mazur

Dec 20, 2021 •

Julius Malema is our democratic experiment’s existential threat

And be reassured: the EFF is not as united as the public might be made to think

Dec 5, 2021 •

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