@Jonathan_Witt I drove into OR Tambo Airport yesterday and again had to wonder about the massive billboard of the law firm with headline "Black Excellence". Imagine it was the other way around? Anyway - I think this stuff is on the way out
South Africa is curtailing more and more solar at midday and needs massive battery investments to shift that excess power to morning and evening peaks.
(Contrast energy minister @Kgosientsho_R’s misplaced belief that inflexible nuclear is an essential complement for growing shares of solar and wind).
@LT3000Lyall I've been wondering about market perception. What about all the other tech CEO's (Elon?) with multiple relationships or links to Epstein and that does not seem to matter? As an investor, I think this is overblown. On the moral question, I have dim view on his actions
@AugustineLed1 The whole idea of "informal" is that it is the definition of "employment" is not clear. I travel in the country and spend time on the ground. Stats do not capture the truth out there
I see lots of hand-wringing about SAfrican employment numbers.
That only reflects the formal economy, which is over regulated and stagnant due to policy choices of our Government.
Our vibrant informal economy, one of our country's strengths, is a different story.
Panyaza Lesufi was the first to post the exact PL27 poster publicly. It appeared in his own X post on 10 November 2026 at 13:49 GMT, where he asked for it to be removed. Reverse-image searches and checks across X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and news show no earlier open shares of that specific graphic.
I am a 23-year-old meteorologist.
Greta Thunberg and I are the same age.
Despite having solid credentials, climate alarmists routinely criticize me because I don’t subscribe to their religion of doom. They say, “Chris is a kid and therefore he isn’t qualified to discuss climate change or advise lawmakers and world leaders.”
Yet, climate panic merchants have no problem with Thunberg, a climate activist with zero college education or training in meteorology and climate dynamics, advising world leaders.
Climate alarmists only care about one’s credentials if you are against their creed.
Going to ask a question as a child
Must politics always be so dirty and nasty?
Is it really so hard to think that we are all South Africans who are trying to lead South Africa into greater prosperity for all?
Are we even all team mates? Or mortal enemies?
(From my child mind)
In 1977, there was a young journalist at the Rand Daily Mail who helped uncover the real cause of Biko's death, totally dismantling the Apartheid government's claim that he died from a hunger strike.
Her name was Helen Zille, and you'd be lucky to have her as your Mayor.