Author Archives: De Villiers Neethling
Consider that capitalism is the real problem
A recent op-ed in Fast Company urges us all to reconsider capitalism as the system we want for building our future society. The tacit assumption is that capitalism is responsible…
National Health Insurance will be a disaster unless there is clarity on funding
National Healthcare Insurance, or NHI, is a system designed to promote equity amongst all South Africans, regardless of their socio-economic status, with regard to access to quality, effective and efficient…
Mbete and the Secret Ballot
One is tempted to assert that last week’s jubilation by opposition parties - after the Constitutional Court judgement that the Speaker of Parliament has the discretion to rule on a…
Obsessing over Economic Growth
This is a response to an op-ed about economic growth that seems extremely confused about what economic growth is in the first place. The glaring overall errors have been dealt…
Liberalism, Intolerance and University Society in South Africa
Liberalism is an ideology that the university society of South Africa stands to benefit from. Having the values of this ideology woven into the social fabric of our university societies…
Join the recycling revolution for liberty!
The ideas of liberty have developed over the past decade into a full social movement. Relentless work from people from all over the world has challenged the status quo of…
Maimane’s new direction for the Democratic Alliance
The current crisis in the Democratic Alliance (DA) over the tweets former leader Helen Zille made about colonialism looks more like a script from a cheap Chinese movie of yore. In…
The False God of Equality
In modern political discourse there’s much talk about the political ‘right’ and the political ‘left’, although there’s very little discussion as to what these concepts fundamentally are. The argument put…
The General Motors disinvestment shows politicians that reality bites
The recent announcement by General Motors (GM) that it will disinvest from South Africa after 2017 should not come as a surprise to South Africans. As much as we might…
Could a simple plant end the opioid crisis in America?
The marijuana leaf could be the key to ending the opioid crisis as we know it. Roughly 60 percent of the American population lives in the 28 states and Washington…