Politicians must keep up their narrative about vaccine safety and efficacy because the political – and criminal – stakes are too high if they admit the truth after three years, @Dominiquetaegon says. Watch the full episode of The Mark Steyn Show here: steynonline.com/13340/the-new-…

Well done ANC - African National Congress. R19.30/USD, R24.28/GBP, R21.00/EUR. World No1 in scoring own goals. You can be proud

Some footage from the #BreeStreet explosion. Team is undergoing investigation.

More…. Scientists at the Structured Materials and Dynamics Lab at the University of Missouri College of Engineering, achieved a significant breakthrough, successfully creating a new synthetic metamaterial with 4D capabilities. This includes the ability to control energy waves on

The Best of Charlie Munger

Am I reading this correctly - you are allowed to make hopelessly optimistic statements which might get the share price higher, but you’re not allowed to make negative comments which might drive the share price lower?

🇿🇦 Malcom Marx and Makazole Mapimpi arrive back in France! #RWC2023 #RWCFinal

WSJ Ed. Board: "Developing economies don’t have the luxury of net-zero fantasies and understand they need fossil fuels for their people to enjoy rising prosperity." Spot on. There's no such thing as a GREEN FREE LUNCH. wsj.com/articles/cop28…

Take a look, ETM's Ilze-Marie Le Roux (Ilze-Marie Le Roux) interviews Timothy Walker (Timothy Walker), a maritime researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on the Houthi Red Sea attacks and the impact on Africa youtube.com/watch?v=0jw2UU…

The Bobby Kennedy video Meta doesn’t want you to see, narrated by Woody Harrelson.

Yesterday, Elon Musk gave an electrifying talk at the Milken Conference. I literally got chills from what he revealed about AI. 5 astonishing highlights you need to see:

🚨 THREAD: Why does the ANC keep pushing Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC)? Because it’s part of a bigger plan—the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). The problem? It’s making South Africa poorer, not better. Let’s break it down. 🧵👇

JUST IN: The DA has filed papers in the High Court to challenge the recently signed Expropriation Act. The DA says the Act is unconstitutional, both substantively and procedurally. #eNCA #ExpropriationAct

The United States has a $66B 10 Year Bond from February 2015 coming due tomorrow. It had a 2.00% fixed coupon. It is going to be replaced with another $66B 10 Year Bond, but this time, with a 4.55% fixed coupon. This one single rollover will add an extra $1.67B per year to the

While January CPI inflation was 3.0%, inflation is much higher in many basic necessities: 1. Car Insurance Inflation: +11.8% 2. Transportation Inflation: +8.0% 3. Airline Fare Inflation: +7.1% 4. Dairy Product Inflation: +6.1% 5. Car Repair Inflation: +5.9% 6. Utility Gas

If ever there was a country that needed a DOGE it's SA. The height of disrespect to taxpayers is to increase the tax burden whilst doing very little to tackle wasteful expenditure, corruption, malfeasance, maladministration, and a bloated cabinet and civil service

Surprise surprise, another disappointing budget devoid of any innovative ways of conducting business differently. Nothing in this budget leads me to believe that growth of 3% is even remotely possible. If I'm generous it gets a 3/10, not that it will even pass in its current form

So let's see, they want to hike VAT, they won't adjust salary brackets for inflation-induced bracket creep, and will happily look at wealth taxes, but don't ask them to cut the size of the cabinet, shrink govt expenditure or reduce their exposure to SOEs. Taxpayer insult

news24.com/citypress/poli… "In the draft proposal, seen by the publication, the DA stated it would only support a VAT increase of 50 basis points for one year if government met the following conditions:"

🔴 Last week, President Ramaphosa spoke at the Black Business Council, saying: “We need to challenge the notion that BEE is a cost to the economy” Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux also spoke at BBC, he explained why Ramaphosa is wrong and why we will continue to oppose BEE...