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Reject the “we only had two weeks to negotiate a GNU” meme
And it did so again this past week.
11 July 2025
And it did so again this past week.
South Africa’s wounds are not just old scars from colonialism; many are fresh cuts made by our own hand.
Nothing good is waiting for anyone at the end of constitutional failure.
The EU’s regulatory power stretches far beyond its borders.
This question seems innocuous on its face, until we appreciate the somewhat perverse implication.
Please, however, do not just take it from me that South Africa legislates by race today.
“Market value is not the constitutional standard” is a common argument in the discourse around compensation for expropriated property.
Today, the worry is not simply rhetorical: in fact, the DA is – despite protestations to the contrary from many in the rank and file – assimilating into the ANC policy ecosystem.
It is clear that the Commission has been influenced by the EU’s regulatory dispensation when it came to its recommendations aimed at correcting impediments to competition.
Nowhere is it more in-your-face than in the political statements (too often pooh-poohed) made by some of the country’s most powerful politicians.
