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From 1947 until 1996 the owners of motor vehicles were required to buy road accident insurance that indemnified them against claims for damages filed by innocent third parties. The insurers

In my experience in Mpumalanga, there has been a significant decline in the number of commercial farmers the last several years. Small family farms have been swallowed up by large

The Free State asbestos scam is a classic. First pick an issue that makes it look like you care. Nothing better than asbestos, an indifferent killer banned for sale post

Spent an interesting day at a land reform project near Lydenburg. The farm was acquired 10 years ago at a cost of R20 million, half of which was loaned from

A terribly sad story. Two young and idealistic lawyers, get wrapped up in the BLM protest movement. In a moment of madness they throw a Molotov cocktail into an abandoned

In today’s Sunday Times:On pages 1&2 the ANC’s RET faction argues that connected cronies who have been in the “tendering business” for years are being unfairly targeted as rent seeking

A great and instructive story in the ST today about the husband of the Minister of Tourism, Ms Kubayi-Ngubane. His company landed a tender to fix the Oracle database software

In 2008 City Lodge did a BBBEE deal to sell 15% of its equity to a consortium including Vuwa a company set up by former NDPP Bulelani Ngcuka, spouse of

A “State of Emergency” declared by the President, holds for only 21 days, unless Parliament extends it. Yet a “State of Disaster”, which makes equally draconian inroads on our fundamental

In SA land invasions are most often staged by criminal/political syndicates that occupy land and then allocate for patronage or profit. Typically they sell the stands for a fee, mainly

The number of new Covid 19 cases remains fairly flat at about 50 per day but lockdown is extended by two weeks. What do the modelers expect will be different

Bheki Cele’s statements about alcohol and crime and his statements that he wishes alcohol could be prohibited even after lockdown suggest that he is using the lockdown to achieve other