Response – 14th December 2022 – Load Shedding: An Honest Answer at Last by Mike Pothier
In recent weeks, as load-shedding has intensified, there has been a growing narrative seeking to blame…
2022 Responses
Response – 24th November 2022 – 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence by Lois Law
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25th November,…
Response – 1st November 2022 – The End of Cadre Deployment? by Mike Pothier
Corruption, incompetence, patronage and misgovernance were never official policies of the governing ANC, but cadre deployment,…
Response 12th October 2022 – Siding with the Mafia by Mike Pothier
It has become notorious in recent years that construction companies embarking on new projects have had…
Response – A More Honest Narrative on Migrants by Peter-John Pearson
There have recently been two very interesting comments from cabinet ministers with regard to the contested…
Response – An Extension, but far from a Resolution…
On 2nd September the Department of Home Affairs issued a communique advising that the Minister had…
Response – Scapegoating Foreigners
Across the world, politicians and elected officials of all stripes seem to be vying with each…
Response: International Day of Families by Lois Law
“The rights of the person have a fundamental social dimension which finds an innate and vital…
Response: Choosing the New Chief Justice Part III by Mike Pothier
It is probably fair to say that most people would have expected President Cyril Ramaphosa to…
Response: The 2022 Budget by Mike Pothier
Prudent. Relaxed. Short. This Budget Speech was all three of these, and all round a good…
Response: The State of the Nation Address by Mike Pothier
Last night’s State of the Nation Address contained one of the longest ‘shopping lists’ of economic…
Response: Choosing the New Chief Justice, Part II by Mike Pothier
In a Response published last September with the title ‘Choosing the New Chief Justice’, we wrote…