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In a recent discourse, Ernst Roets and Marie-Louise de Nysschen of Lex Libertas have challenged the prevailing centralized authority in South Africa, advocating for a return to federalism and self-governance as the only viable path forward for the country. The Crisis of Over-Governance The duo argues that the current national government is failing its citizens…

South Africa’s political landscape has been rocked by revelations contained in an internal ANC forensic report, which sheds light on the administrative chaos behind the party’s failure to submit candidate lists for six municipalities ahead of the November 4 elections. A Crisis of Competence Rather than blaming the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), as previously suggested…

While centrist commentators fixate on the Sweden Democrats’s modest drop from 20.5% to 17.6%, the far more important fact is this: SD’s policies are no longer radical. They are mainstream. The “setback” narrative is a distraction. SD entered parliament in 2010 with 5.7%. They now sit at 17.6% and have permanently moved the Overton window….

The ongoing collapse of Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) is attributed to decades of mismanagement by the Makana Local Municipality, with several interlocking causes. The first is serious Financial mismanagement – The municipality has received a “disclaimer of opinion” from the Auditor-General every year since 2018/19, and its liabilities exceeded its assets by R813 million. Revenue collection…