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State capacity: Africa’s problem masquerading as a solution
If Africa wants prosperity, it needs stronger state capacity too.
You cannot have the digital economy without data centres
South Africa cannot demand economic growth, technological development and mass housing while opposing the infrastructure that makes them possible.
The comrades marathon goes it alone
There is a proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
The South African fuel levy cut and what it reveals about government
This is a good economic decision that unwittingly exposes that the government knows precisely what to do to make life easier for South Africans.
The South African liberal identity crisis: If it can move right, can it also move left?
The answer depends less on where one sits on the political spectrum and more on what one believes liberalism is.
If you still oppose privatisation, you don’t really understand South Africa
Those who still insist that privatisation is the greater danger have not yet confronted what South Africa’s socio-politics actually is.
The real horror is central planning
The monsters and supernatural horror may be the real source of concern for the people in From, but central planning exacerbated the issue.
Property rights have their day in court
I was proud to sit in court this week watching the FMF’s counsel eloquently defend private property rights.
Nigerians didn’t resist digital money, they survived it
When the state’s paper dried up, trade didn’t. People improvised.
BELA Act shifts rather than resolves school governance disputes, says Free Market Foundation
Educational transformation should not come at the expense of institutional autonomy and educational excellence.
Education Over Interference: The Limits of the Hybrid Governance Model in the BELA Act
FMF Policy Agenda Summary The Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (BELA Act) represents one of the most significant reforms to South Africa’s basic education governance
AfriForum is clearly right about political interference in school sports
Of course, AfriForum has not objected to diversity in school rugby or any other sports teams.