David Ansara warns that freedom of expression at UCT is under threat as he faces suspension and Mark Oppenheimer faces expulsion from the university’s Council for speaking out against antisemitism on campus. Mark Oppenheimer, a prominent lawyer and defender of free speech, is facing expulsion from the University of Cape Town (UCT) Council. His sin?…
Most Western democracies have been hacked. Not with code. With institutional architecture. Let me show you how it works, using the most advanced example: the European Union. First, how it works. Once every five years, you vote for a European Parliament that cannot even initiate legislation. The body that proposes laws is the Commission: 27…
President Donald Trump said yesterday that Ukraine and Russia reached an energy ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the alleged agreement but said he had not received any details. The announcement comes a day after Trump suggested Ukraine hold an election to oust Zelenskyy, attributing high diesel prices to his continued strikes on Russian oil…
In terms of affordability and cost-of-living standards, a Deutsche Bank report found significant price changes over the last decade, with globalisation failing to achieve price equalisation. This is due to various factors, including taxes, regulations, currency fluctuations, and inflation. Deutsche Bank Research Institute senior financial researchers and macroeconomists Adrian Cox and Jim Reid said that…
According to a report published earlier this year, Cape Town is one of the cheapest cities in the world for beer and cigarettes, with a basket costing around R230, including five 500 ml beers and two packs of cigarettes. This is according to the Deutsche Bank’s Mapping the World’s Prices report for 2026, which analyses…
Western Cape exports to the United States fell by R2.8 billion in 2025, and by nearly R7 billion on the latest rolling twelve-month figures, as tariffs and a diplomatic freeze hit the province’s farmers, wine makers and boat builders. The slump has landed hardest on the agricultural and agro-processing lines that the Democratic Alliance’s provincial…
In a decision that deals a massive blow to national sovereignty and borders, the Constitutional Court of South Africa has stripped the Department of Home Affairs of its primary mechanisms to deter and deport illegal immigrants. In a unanimous judgment (Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town v. Minister of Home Affairs), the apex court ruled that…
The City of Cape Town’s newly proposed Short-Term Letting By-Law is drawing sharp criticism from property owners and economic analysts, who warn that the heavy-handed regulations will stifle local entrepreneurship and damage the Western Cape’s vital tourism industry. While marketed by municipal officials as a measure to manage housing supply, the policy introduces aggressive tax…
Imprisoned former president’s son leads leftist incumbent into October 25 runoff as voters deliver a historic rebuke to establishment lawfare. SAO PAULO — In what is rapidly turning into one of the most stunning political rebounds in modern history, the conservative movement in Brazil has delivered a definitive rebuke to the establishment. Flávio Bolsonaro, son…
SANDTON — In his first major national address since assuming the leadership of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Geordin Hill-Lewis declared an end to thirty years of uninterrupted political orthodoxy, asserting that South Africa has firmly entered its ‘second transition.’ Speaking from Sandton on Thursday morning, Hill-Lewis unveiled a comprehensive blueprint aimed at completely restructuring the…
