Why was the Marshall Plan so successful in developing Germany after WW2, and why was a bigger sum of aid so unsuccessful in developing Africa? The...

This piece, written in response to various articles published by IOL, was offered to, but not used by, IOL. Since the announcement late last month The...

This piece, written in response to various articles published by IOL, was offered to, but not used by, IOL. Since the announcement late last month The...

This piece was written in response to Stephen Grootes’s piece in the Daily Maverick, “BEE on borrowed time — why attacks on SA’s social...

Beginning in mid-1975, my life evolved into a blur of professional activity.  Implausibly, but in line with what I had hoped for, I was a The post...

Beginning in mid-1975, my life evolved into a blur of professional activity.  Implausibly, but in line with what I had hoped for, I was a The post...

Don’t be so quick to dismiss Elon Musk’s concerns about introducing Starlink to South Africa due to Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). While Musk...

As territory is won and lost by opposing military forces, people grasp at scraps of normality. But the country is undergoing the world’s most severe...

Shortly after offering a blessing from his Gemelli hospital window in Rome yesterday, his first public appearance since 14 February, 88-year-old Pope...

Shortly after offering a blessing from his Gemelli hospital window in Rome yesterday, his first public appearance since 14 February, 88-year-old Pope...