Tag archives for Poverty
Government is wasting the South African unemployment crisis
Being unemployed sucks, and being unemployed and poor is even worse, which is why it’s hardly surprising that poor unemployed people would have the greatest incentives to start businesses. This…
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…
Liberty Needs To Reclaim Compassion
During my years attending an all-boys school, many of my previous and currently-disproved political convictions were formed. As an adolescent, I watched the series The West Wing in awe of…
The die is cast
'Radical economic transformation' will lead South Africa to bankruptcy. Then comes the IMF and the World Bank crisis loans as well as structural adjustment programs (which are nothing but an…
Altruism for the Basis of Left-Wing Thought
Political thought in the West today is broadly divided into two camps – the left-wing and the right-wing. Each of these represents a very different worldview, and in order to…
Grahamstown’s ‘Batman’ on Trial – Here’s What he has to Say
Editor's note: Michael Wynne is a resident of Grahamstown where he has volunteered and helped the community. Upon becoming the subject of a large controversy, he received much antagonism from…
New minimum wage proposal: here’s what you need to know
Paul Sableman | Flickr | Following months of discussion, a proposal for a national minimum wage was presented today (20 November) during a press conference by a panel commissioned by…
”Capitalists don’t care about the poor!” Actually, We Care About Them A Lot More Than You Do.
‘White monopoly capital.’ ‘We can’t do this because then the rich capitalists will take all the money.’ ‘You just don’t care about the poor!’ ‘But who will build the roads?’…