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The Constitutional Court, in the case of Mahlangu and Another v Minister of Labour and Others [2020] ZACC 24], has declared that parts of the...

Economy   What’s in a word? Our pretend leaders have this habit of bandying around or repurposing words which I perpetually must look up –...

Economy The latest predictions for South Africa’s spend/income ratio are that a deficit of 15.7% to GDP will result in this financial year. This is...

Economy Broke: a year ago, our economy was trundling along without any great prospects but with cracks starting to show. It took a decent crisis,...

Gentle Reader This will be the last of snippets this year – I will resume towards the end of January. We wish you a great...

Economy   Almost as aside, the SEF and SFF obtained a Western Cape High Court order setting aside the 2015 sale of its strategic oil...

Economy   Spending more: South Africa is burning up money it does not have at the rate of R2.1bn per day and has extended social...

Economy   Res non verba is the motto of our family crest of arms, which my old man was desperate to perpetuate and I, probably...

NOVEMBER IN THE GARDEN Officially the last month of spring, November often has many rainy days making the garden difficult to access both for working...

STICKY FIG & SWEET POTATO CAKE SECTION A: Sweet Potato, cubed -200g Figs (fresh or preserve), cubed – 250g Bicarbonate of Soda – 1 teaspoon...