17 October 2021
RW Johnson writes on the possible trajectories of the four states, had union never happened
14 October 2021
RW Johnson wonders what would have happened if there had been no Union in 1910
13 October 2021
Graham McIntosh takes issue with RW Johnson's analysis in his July Days article
11 October 2021
RW Johnson writes on how the aftershocks of the Zuma insurrection are being felt in the municipal elections
27 September 2021
RW Johnson says the taboo against exerting effective control over our borders needs to end
02 September 2021
RW Johnson measures pre-1994 expectations of ANC rule against the current reality
24 August 2021
Grouping refutes writer's characterisation of leading individuals and companies, its role in the SAA deal
23 August 2021
RW Johnson says understanding the widening wealth gap since 1994 requires understanding the ANC's project
19 August 2021
RW Johnson writes on govt's expressed desire to bring R100bn of private money into Transnet
12 August 2021
RW Johnson writes on the international implications of our over-reliance on coal for power generation
29 July 2021
Jeremy Gordin asks whether it is time to pack his bags, just after he's watched the rugby
29 July 2021
RW Johnson writes on the dangers of completely giving up on state protection, and other matters
27 July 2021
RW Johnson says the only way out of our predicament is rapid economic growth
08 July 2021
RW Johnson says the ANC promised to learn from the mistakes made by others, but didn't
07 July 2021
RW Johnson writes on the strange mythologising of Africa's post-colonial leaders
27 June 2021
RW Johnson wonders what such leaders whisper in private when they survey the wreckage of their rule
31 May 2021
Koos Malan says multi-party democracy has failed wholesale to constrain ANC plunder
27 May 2021
RW Johnson writes on our ruling party's support for BDS in the light of the recent conflict
17 May 2021
Report states that the ANC's destructive racial policies are being buttressed by intellectual trends in America
17 May 2021
RW Johnson writes on why the Frelimo govt is so resistant to foreign military assistance in Cabo Delgado
04 May 2021
RW Johnson says it seems managerial and maintenance failures were a key cause of the disaster
29 April 2021
RW Johnson says the insatiable demands of local ANC political machines have sucked our towns and cities dry
26 April 2021
RW Johnson asks why the campus was not secured against the ever-present threat of fire
13 April 2021
David Bullard writes on some great news the financial press is hiding from you [FOR MEMBERS]
08 April 2021
Donwald Pressly assesses the candidacies of Dan Plato, Geordin Hill-Lewis & Bonginkosi Madikizela
08 April 2021
Jeremy Gordin's reflections on wandering the leaf-strewn Parkview streets
07 April 2021
RW Johnson writes on the dithering SADC and Frelimo response to the jihadist insurgency in Cabo Delgado
29 March 2021
RW Johnson says the ANC govt is incapable of learning from its mistakes, which are legion
25 March 2021
Pierre du Toit writes on the Afrikaner-Africa Initiative meeting in the light of RW Johnson's analysis
19 March 2021
Koos Malan explains how and why this engagement was different to the CODESA negotiations
07 March 2021
Mike Berger writes on the DA's difficulty in challenging the ANC, despite far outperforming it in govt
07 March 2021
RW Johnson writes on the ANC's inability to emulate the CCP, despite its admiration for it
01 March 2021
RW Johnson writes on civil society's response, and the rise of Solidarity and AfriForum
22 February 2021
RW Johnson writes on the many forms of ANC plunder in South Africa
17 February 2021
RW Johnson says a failing ANC state should be examined in the wider continental and historical context
31 January 2021
RW Johnson reviews the NPC document examining progress made to the NDP's Vision 2030
24 January 2021
RW Johnson examines the political record of the new US Vice President
03 January 2021
RW Johnson says the President is storing up trouble for himself by pandering to this mov
28 December 2020
RW Johnson asks what the response will be to national disgust at ANC decline
20 December 2020
RW Johnson writes on the jihadist threat in Cabo Delgado, and the implications for southern Africa
09 December 2020
RW Johnson says it is incontrovertible that Zille's head hunting went awry
07 December 2020
Geordin Hill-Lewis says historical perspective was lacking in the columnist's critique
30 November 2020
RW Johnson writes on the DA's difficulties in the context of the coming crisis
25 November 2020
RW Johnson says there is only one way out left for the ANC
11 November 2020
RW Johnson writes on the disenchantment of the struggle generation
04 November 2020
RW Johnson writes on how and why the accused avoided the death penalty
25 October 2020
RW Johnson writes on the Liverpool culture that produced John Lennon and the LFC
20 October 2020
RW Johnson's assesses the PEAC's "Briefing Notes on Key Policy Questions for South Africa’s Economic Recovery"
12 October 2020
RW Johnson writes on Blade Nzimande's challenge to his own govt's policy
30 September 2020
RW Johnson says that faced by an existential crisis the ANC has retreated into the realm of fantasy
28 September 2020
RW Johnson says at a time of national crisis too many intellectuals are peddling racial diversions
02 September 2020
RW Johnson says the party has no united vision or voice, but it carries on
27 August 2020
Jeremy Gordin's sets out what President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to do
26 August 2020
RW Johnson writes on the unrealistic expectations we had of the ANC, and Ramaphosa
19 August 2020
Mike Berger analyses our situation through a causes of state instability model
09 August 2020
RW Johnson says now that govt has run out of funds SARB and the commercial banks are under pressure
29 July 2020
RW Johnson imagines what politicians past and present think about our current situation
23 July 2020
RW Johnson writes on his decision to move back to South Africa from Oxford in 1994
19 July 2020
RW Johnson concludes his two part series on the dying of the old regime
16 July 2020
Jeremy Gordin says the lockdown cost 3m people their jobs, and for what?
15 July 2020
RW Johnson reflects on whether we will take the Zimbabwe route, rather than the reformist one
30 June 2020
RW Johnson analyses the Finance Minister's supplementary budget statement
24 June 2020
RW Johnson writes on the man whose killing triggered a national revolt in the US
11 June 2020
Jeremy Gordin ruminates on the FNF's strange cancellation of Politicsweb
10 June 2020
And, Paul Hoffman asks, are they reasonable limitations on human rights?
03 June 2020
RW Johnson says none of the party's factions seem to have much grasp on SA's predicament
02 June 2020
Dave Steward says the dilemma facing SA is far more critical than for most other countries
27 May 2020
The third and final article in RW Johnson's series on the coming showdown
25 May 2020
RW Johnson writes on SA's ballooning state debt, and the options for dealing with it
24 May 2020
RW Johnson says that, egged on by his admirers, Ramaphosa walked into a trap
22 May 2020
RW Johnson asks what the SACP intellectual proposes to reverse the ANC's terrible story of failure
21 May 2020
Jeremy Cronin responds to author's Politicsweb article ‘The coming showdown’
18 May 2020
RW Johnson writes on how the SACP has been staking out a position against IMF-style reform
07 May 2020
Jeremy Gordin on whether the Ramaphosa govt is using the lockdown for ulterior purposes, and what these may be
06 May 2020
RW Johnson writes on the lockdown and the quiet before the storm
30 April 2020
Patrick Bond on why SA should indeed declare force majeure on our international "odious debt"
29 April 2020
RW Johnson on the psychological hurdles facing the liberation movement at a time of crisis
27 April 2020
RW Johnson writes on the alternatives, punted by the Left, to relief funding from the IMF and World Bank
08 April 2020
RW Johnson writes on the internal ANC politics around accepting, or rejecting, a bail-out
01 April 2020
Jeremy Gordin says SA is no country for old men (or women), who would like to walk their dogs
28 March 2020
RW Johnson writes on the massive scoop the media missed last week
26 March 2020
RW Johnson says the opposition will need something more than just a renewed adherence to liberal principles
20 March 2020
RW Johnson on the processes that have driven the country to the wall
06 March 2020
RW Johnson writes on whether it is possible to organise social policy on such a basis
20 February 2020
RW Johnson on the life and times of the activist, artist, prisoner, and Noseweek columnist
30 January 2020
RW Johnson says rugby and cricket show that it is vital to intervene before it is too late
27 January 2020
RW Johnson says the ANC feeding frenzy has consumed the state, and the SOEs, and it is not yet over
20 January 2020
Rob Turrell says over last 25 years there has not been any serious attempt to put innovation at heart of economic strategy
11 December 2019
RW Johnson says the recent load-shedding has thrown matters into sharp relief
20 November 2019
RW Johnson's analysis of how the party had gone off track
13 November 2019
RW Johnson on the consequences of the ANC's politics of drift
06 November 2019
RW Johnson writes on South Africa’s resultant politics of drift
30 October 2019
RW Johnson on the surprising rootedness and endurance of this South African tradition
25 October 2019
RW Johnson says a leadership clear-out was essential, but the party needs to learn from its mistakes
17 October 2019
Jeremy Gordin tries valiantly to uncast the die.
16 October 2019
RW Johnson questions whether any serious player will invest in our national airline
02 October 2019
RW Johnson writes on what should be done to really reduce gender inequality
09 September 2019
RW Johnson says the black African electorate has been in a state of radical dissidence for some time
06 September 2019
Dawie Roodt writes on how he differs from RW Johnson
28 August 2019
RW Johnson says time is running out for the President, and South Africa
