When you liberalize, you win Even India was poorer than Sub-Saharan Africa not too long ago Now that India is liberalized, it's doing much better and has surpassed that part of the world by a massive and growing margin In fact, 1990-2023, Africa only gained $960 PPP per capita

One thing I do agree with Dr Cornje about is that SA is very capable of flipping a switch and growing at 5% within 2-3 years. Same with the Cape. All the ingredients are there.

Please look at what india has been doing and try tell me it isn't possible here.

Leo 🎄 South Africa already proved what it could be if it caters to a small minority. A nuclear power that held the Soviets and Cubans well at bay for three decades in a hot war. An SA that drops score-settling, grievance politics, and redistributionism, could be a world leader.

Levels of holly and jolly are through the roof right now

Smuts really liked calling Anglos that didn't want to mindlessly amalgamate with Afrikaners 'Jingoes'

Presents: under the tree ✅️ Santa deniers: mudded ✅️ Christmas: merry ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

Thirty years of being rejected by the international community for the crime of challenging Africa's colonial borders. I hope the rest of international community follow suit in upholding the right of self-determination.

Perhaps the biggest problem with the modern international system is its insistence on maintaining peace by networking and legitimizing post-colonial elites over the rights of the people they govern. There are ofcourse practical limits to self-determination, but the line

We should find a way to make failed doomer predictions costly. People doom and gloom and sour the discourse, and when they end up wrong, nothing happens.

So much development going on in south Paarl

Naira? Closer to littering than flexing.

To my knowledge the most influential sucessionist movement in SAs history was the Natal Secessionists. Really interesting reading this account of the movement. So many of the same challenges as the Cape Independence movement. A lot to learn from.

Slow news day

2026 will be the year nothing happens

Truth nuke.

The industrial core of the country is the Joburg-Durban Axis. As long as that is stable the country won't significantly destabilize. I suspect that if fear of an MKP insurgency becomes significant the ANC will be forced into a coalition to maintain the heartland.

The ANC are 100 times more motivated by patronage and racism than any communist ideals.

So much talk about a Newsom vs Vance presidential race and yet no one has pointed out that it would be the ultimate showdown between cradle Catholics and converts.