Archive - The Political Economist

January 2025

Fake controversies around the 'GNU'

The drama around the Expropriation Act and the BELA Act is manufactured

Jan 30 •

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Share investing in South Africa: the 'GNU S-curve'

This is the first of a series of posts on the potential implications of political economy factors for investing in South African listed shares.

Jan 28 •

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The chilling death of a top prosecutor

And the potential (re-)capture of the National Prosecuting Authority

Jan 22 •

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Unravelling the 'conventional wisdom' and exposing its creators

I was recently invited to do a ‘Twitter space’, which is something in-between a podcast and talk radio.

Jan 21 •

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One graph to understand the global geopolitics of energy and climate change

The US is now a net primary energy exporter and that changes everything

Jan 17 •

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An interesting footnote: Biden's top intelligence advisor is of Palestinian origin

After publishing my last article summarising why it seems likely that the United States covertly approved South Africa’s ICJ application, I discovered…

Jan 3 •

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December 2024

It seems likely the United States covertly approved South Africa's ICJ application

And what to expect under Trump

Dec 29, 2024 •

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Looking forward towards 2025

The last article I am going to post for 2024, on the 29th of December, will be the final one in what has now been effectively a four-part series on…

Dec 26, 2024 •

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South Africa - USA relations: a recent timeline (2022-2024)

In my two recent articles on South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) I explained that:

Dec 12, 2024 •

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